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Leningrad Codex (AD. 1008) contains the complete copy of Book of Haggai in Hebrew.
Book	Book of Haggai
Category	Nevi'im
Christian Bible part	Old Testament
Order in the Christian part	37

Haggai 2 is the second chapter of the Book of Haggai in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.^[1][2] This book contains the prophecies attributes to the prophet Haggai, written c. 520-515 BCE,^[3] and is a part of the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets.^[4][5]

The original text was written in Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 24 verses.

Some early witnesses for the text of this chapter in Hebrew language:

• Masoretic Text (10th century)
• Dead Sea Scrolls: (2nd century BC)^[6]
  • 4Q77 (4QXII^b): extant: verses 2-4^[6]
  • 4Q80 (4QXII^e): extant: verses 18‑21^[6]
  • Wadi Murabba'at Minor Prophets (MurXII): extant: verses 1‑9, 11, 13‑24^[6]

There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BC. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B; ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {G}}}$^B; 4th century), Codex Sinaiticus (S; BHK: ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {G}}}$^S; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A; ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {G}}}$^A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q; ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {G}}}$^Q; 6th century).^[7]

The prophecy in this part was spoken almost a month after Haggai's last utterance to the same public: Zerubbabel, Joshua, and the remnant, using a similar interrogative rhetoric as in 1:4, 9.^[8]

In the seventh month, on the twenty-first of the month, the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, saying:^[9]

The date is October 17, 520 BC in current calendar calculation. In the ancient Jewish calendar this day was the last day of Sukkot (the Feast of Tabernacles; see Leviticus 23:33–44).^[10]

Haggai speaks again as prophet a little more than two months later to the priests only.^[8] Haggai asks for a priestly ruling (tora), which was one of the basic tasks of priests (cf. Deuteronomy 33:10; Leviticus 10:10–11) whether a certain action is holy (verse 12) and then whether another action is unclean (verse 13), to be connected to the condition of the people who at that time were worshipping at the temple site, which had been profaned (so it is unclean), thus without the purification of that holy place, all that the people of Judah offered were also unclean.^[8] The solution of the problem would be the rebuilding the temple, because it involves rituals of purification (Haggai 2:15-19).^[8]

On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, saying,^[11]

The date is December 24, 520 BC in Julian calendar; or December 18, 520 BC in Gregorian calendar calculation.^[10]

[Haggai asked:] "'If someone carries holy meat in the fold of his garment and touches with his fold bread or stew or wine or oil or any kind of food, does it become holy?'"

The priests answered and said, “No.”^[12]

Then Haggai said, "If someone who is unclean by contact with a dead body touches any of these, does it become unclean?"

The priests answered and said, "It does become unclean."^[13]

• Darius I
• Joshua, son of Jehozadak
• Months in ancient Hebrew calendar: the seventh, the ninth
• Old Testament messianic prophecies quoted in the New Testament
• Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel
• Related Bible parts: Ezra 3, Ezra 4, Ezra 5, Ezra 6, Nehemiah 7, Zechariah 1

• Petersen, D. L. (2007). "36. Haggai". In Barton, John; Muddiman, John (eds.). The Oxford Bible Commentary (first (paperback) ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 607–610. ISBN 978-0199277186. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
• Würthwein, Ernst (1995). The Text of the Old Testament. Translated by Rhodes, Erroll F. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans. ISBN 0-8028-0788-7. Retrieved January 26, 2019.

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• Jewish translations:
  • Chaggai – Haggai (Judaica Press) translation with Rashi's commentary at Chabad.org
• Christian translations:
  • Online Bible at GospelHall.org (ESV, KJV, Darby, American Standard Version, Bible in Basic English)
• Haggai public domain audiobook at LibriVox Various versions