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On the
twenty-fourth * of the
ninth month, in the
second year of
Darius, the
word of the
LORD came to
Haggai the
prophet,
saying,
~Iy;T.v t;n.viB yi[yiv.T;l h'['B.r;a.w ~yir.f,[.B ? ayib'N;h y;G;x -l,a h'wh.y -r;b.D h'y'h v,w'y.r'd.l ? r{mael
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"Thus says the
LORD of
hosts,
'Ask now the
priests for a
ruling:
~yin]h{K;h -t,a a'n -l;a.v tw{a'b.c h'wh.y r;m'a h{K ? r{mael h'rw{T
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'If a
man carries holy meat in the
fold of his
garment, and
touches bread with this
fold, or
cooked food,
wine,
oil, or
any other
food, will it
become holy?' " And the
priests answered,
"No."
w{d.giB @;n.kiB v,d{q -r;f.B vyia -a'FIy !eh ? dyiz'N;h -l,a.w ~,x,L;h -l,a w{p'n.kiB [;g'n.w ? l'k]a;m -l'K -l,a.w !,m,v -l,a.w !Iy;Y;h -l,a.w ? a{l .Wr.ma{Y;w ~yin]h{K;h .Wn][;Y;w v'D.qIy]h
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Then
Haggai said,
"If one who is
unclean from a
corpse touches any of
these, will the latter
become unclean?" And the
priests answered, "It will
become unclean."
h,Lea -l'k.B v,p,n -aem.j [;GIy -mia y;G;x r,ma{Y;w ? a'm.jIy .Wr.ma{Y;w ~yin]h{K;h .Wn][;Y;w a'm.jIy]h
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Then
Haggai said, "
'So is
this people. And
so is
this nation before Me,'
declares the
LORD, 'and
so is
every work of their
hands; and
what they
offer there is
unclean.
yw{G;h -nek.w h,Z;h -m'['h !eK r,ma{Y;w y;G;x !;[;Y;w ? hef][;m -l'K !ek.w h'wh.y -mUa.n y;n'p.l h,Z;h ? a.Wh aem'j ~'v .Wbyir.q;y r,v]a;w ~,hyed.y
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'But
now, do
consider * from
this day onward:
before * one
stone was
placed on
another in the
temple of the
LORD,
h,Z;h ~w{Y;h -nim ~,k.b;b.l a'n -.Wmyif h'T;[.w ? l;kyeh.B !,b,a -l,a !,b,a -m.Wf ~,r,Jim h'l.['m'w ? h'wh.y
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from that
time when one
came to a grain
heap of
twenty measures, there would be only
ten; and when one
came to the
wine vat to
draw fifty measures, there would be only
twenty.
h't.y'h.w ~yir.f,[ t;mer][ -l,a a'B ~'tw{y.him ? h'r.WP ~yiVim]x @{f.x;l b,q,Y;h -l,a a'B h'r'f][ ? ~yir.f,[ h't.y'h.w
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'I
smote you and
every work of your
hands with
blasting wind,
mildew and
hail; yet you did not come back to Me,'
declares the
LORD.
d'r'B;b.W !w{q'reY;b.W !w{p'DiV;B ~,k.t,a yityeKih ? y;lea ~,k.t,a -nyea.w ~,kyed.y hef][;m -l'K tea ? h'wh.y -mUa.n
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'Do
consider * from
this day onward, from the
twenty-fourth * day of the
ninth month; from the
day when the
temple of the
LORD was
founded,
consider *:
h'l.['m'w h,Z;h ~w{Y;h -nim ~,k.b;b.l a'n -.Wmyif ? ~w{Y;h -nim.l yi[yiv.T;l h'['B.r;a.w ~yir.f,[ ~w{Yim ? ~,k.b;b.l .Wmyif h'wh.y -l;kyeh d;SUy -r,v]a
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'Is the
seed still in the
barn?
Even including the
vine, the
fig tree, the
pomegranate and the
olive tree, it has not
borne fruit. Yet from
this day on I will
bless you."'
h'nea.T;h.w !,p,G;h -d;[.w h'r.Wg.M;B [;r,Z;h dw{[;h ? ~w{Y;h -nim a'f'n a{l tIy;Z;h #e[.w !w{Mir'h.w ? .$er'b]a h,Z;h