Chaggai 2:10

10 In the four and twentieth yom of the ninth month, in the second year of Daryavesh, came the Devar Hashem by Chaggai HaNavi, saying,

Chaggai 2:10 Meaning and Commentary

Haggai 2:10

In the four and twentieth [day] of the ninth [month]
The month Chisleu, which answers to part of November, and part of December: this was two months and three days after the former discourse or prophecy, and just three months from the time the Jews began to work in the house of the Lord, ( Haggai 1:14 Haggai 1:15 ) ( 2:1 ) in the second year of Darius;
the same year that all the former discourses and prophecies were delivered in: came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet;
for what he delivered was not his own, but from the Lord; he was only his minister and messenger. The Vulgate Latin version, and so Munster, render it, "unto Haggai the prophet"; and indeed what is said following seems to be directed to him, and he is the only person that put the questions directed to: saying;
as follows:

Chaggai 2:10 In-Context

8 The kesef is Mine, and the zahav is Mine, saith Hashem Tzva’os.
9 The kavod of this latter Beis shall be greater than of the former, saith Hashem Tzva’os: and in this place will I give shalom, saith Hashem Tzva’os.
10 In the four and twentieth yom of the ninth month, in the second year of Daryavesh, came the Devar Hashem by Chaggai HaNavi, saying,
11 Thus saith Hashem Tzva’os; Ask now the kohanim concerning the torah, saying,
12 If one carry basar kodesh in the fold of his garment, and with his fold do touch lechem, or that which is boiled, or yayin, or shemen (olive oil), or any food, shall it thus be made kodesh? And the kohanim answered and said, Lo (No).
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