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Haggai 2:1-2-13 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

1-2. On the twenty-first day of the next month, the Lord told Haggai the prophet to speak this message to Governor Zerubbabel, High Priest Joshua, and everyone else:

3. Does anyone remember how glorious this temple used to be? Now it looks like nothing.

4. But cheer up! Because I, the Lord All-Powerful, will be here to help you with the work,

5. just as I promised your ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt. Don't worry. My Spirit is here with you.

6. Soon I will again shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.

7. I will shake the nations, and their treasures will be brought here. Then the brightness of my glory will fill this temple.

8. All silver and gold belong to me,

9. and I promise that this new temple will be more glorious than the first one. I will also bless this city with peace.

10. On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, the Lord God All-Powerful told the prophet Haggai

11. to ask the priests for their opinion on the following matter:

12. Suppose meat ready to be sacrificed to God is being carried in the folds of someone's clothing, and the clothing rubs against some bread or stew or wine or olive oil or any other food. Would those foods that were touched then become acceptable for sacrifice?“Of course not,” the priests answered.

13. Then Haggai said, “Suppose someone has touched a dead body and is considered unacceptable to worship God. If that person touches these foods, would they become unclean?”“Of course they would,” the priests answered.

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