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| | |The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts. | | |The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts. |
| − | | | + | |"Both silver and gold belong to me," says the Lord of the hosts. |
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| | |The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts. | | |The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts. |
| − | | | + | |The Lord says, "The glory of this new house will exceed the former, and I will give this place peace." |
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| | |In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, | | |In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, |
| − | | | + | |On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, during the second year of Darius' reign, the Lord God's voice came to the prophet Haggai. |
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| | |Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying, | | |Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying, |
| − | | | + | |The Lord said, "Ask the priests about the law, like so:" |
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| | |If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No. | | |If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No. |
| − | | | + | |"Should one carries holy flesh in the skirt of his clothes, but the skirt touches bread, pottery, wine, oil, or meat, is it still holy?" The priests answered that it wasn't. |
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| | |Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean. | | |Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean. |
| − | | | + | |So Haggai replied, "If someone made unclean by a dead body touches any of those things, will it be unclean?" The priests answered that yes, it would be. |
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| | |Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean. | | |Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean. |
| − | | | + | |So Haggai answered, "In the same way, this people and the nation before me, and everything they touch and offer is unclean, so says the Lord." |
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| | |And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD: | | |And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD: |
| − | | | + | |"So now, I pray you, remember from this day on before a single stone is laid in the temple of the Lord." |
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