Haggai 2:13 (DRB)

Passage

If a man carry sanctified flesh in the skirt of his garment, and touch with his skirt, bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat: shall it be sanctified? And the priests answered, and said: No.

Nearby Context

Haggai 2:11 In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius the king, the word of the Lord came to Haggai the prophet, saying:

Haggai 2:12 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Ask the priests the law, saying:

Haggai 2:13 If a man carry sanctified flesh in the skirt of his garment, and touch with his skirt, bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat: shall it be sanctified? And the priests answered, and said: No.

Haggai 2:14 And Haggai said: If one that is unclean by occasion of a soul touch any of all these things, shall it be defiled? And the priests answered, and said: It shall be defiled.

Haggai 2:15 And Haggai answered, and said: So is this people, and so is this nation before my face, saith the Lord, and so is all the work of their hands: and all that they have offered there, shall be defiled.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "carry", "sanctified", "flesh", "skirt", "garment", "touch", and "bread". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "carry" and "sanctified", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "Thus saith the Lord of hosts Ask..." into verse 14's "And Haggai said If one that is...", so "carry" and "sanctified" belong inside that flow. In Haggai context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "carry" and "sanctified" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.