Passage

A dated word to Haggai

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

¹⁰In the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the LORD’s word came by Haggai the prophet, saying,

Haggai 2:10World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

The word to Haggai is dated to the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in Darius’s second year.

To understand

Haggai is told to question the priests about the law. They answer questions about holy meat carried in clothing and about food touched by someone unclean because of a dead body.

A question

Whom is Haggai told to question about the law?