Haggai 2:12 - Exposition

If one bear; literally, behold, one beareth, which is equivalent to "suppose a man bears." Perowne compares Jeremiah 3:1 , "Lo, a man puts away his wife;" and 2 Chronicles 7:13 . Holy flesh. The flesh of animals sacrificed to God, which was set apart from profane uses, and might be eaten only by the priests or persons ritually pure (Le 2 Chronicles 6:26 ; 2 Chronicles 7:15-20 ; 2 Chronicles 10:13 ; comp. Jeremiah 11:15 ). The skirt of his garment; literally, wing of his garment, as Deuteronomy 22:12 ; 1 Samuel 15:27 . Any meat; παντὸς βρώματος : anything eatable. And said, No. The priests answered correctly according to Le 6:27. Whatever touched the hallowed flesh became itself holy, but it could not communicate this holiness to anything else.