Hag 2:13 | TNotes | STEP | 2:13 Ceremonial uncleanness is transmitted much more easily than ceremonial purity. Anyone touching a corpse became defiled and thus unclean. Anything touched by a ceremonially unclean person was also rendered impure (see Num 19:11-13 , 22 ). Haggai applies this in Hag 2:14 .

bNum 19:11-13►

dHag 2:14►

‏ Haggai 2:13

2:13 ^a Ceremonial uncleanness is transmitted much more easily than ceremonial purity. Anyone touching a corpse became defiled and thus unclean. Anything touched by a ceremonially unclean person was also rendered impure (see Num 19:11-13 ^b, 22 ^c). Haggai applies this in Hag 2:14 ^d.