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Then Haggaisaid, "1If one who is unclean from a corpsetouchesany of these, will the latter becomeunclean?" And the priestsanswered, "It will becomeunclean."
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"Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'Ask now the priests for a ruling:
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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."
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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."
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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.
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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 ,