If one, any one, bear, carry away from the altar, or the priest's hands, holy flesh, part of the sacrifice, legally and ceremonially sanctified, or made holy by the altar on which the whole was sanctified, of which a part is supposed to be carried away in the skirt of his garment, in the lap of his garment, or in any other cloth or napkin, and this cloth touch any common thing, as bread, & c., shall that common thing by such contact become legally or ceremonially holy? The priests answered: who these priests were is not mentioned, but it is likely that there were some among the people who did by the prophet's persuasion go and propose the case, and they received the answer as here in the negative, for neither mediate nor yet immediate touch of holy things could make common things or unholy persons holy. If one, any one, bear, carry away from the altar, or the priest's hands, holy flesh, part of the sacrifice, legally and ceremonially sanctified, or made holy by the altar on which the whole was sanctified, of which a part is supposed to be carried away in the skirt of his garment, in the lap of his garment, or in any other cloth or napkin, and this cloth touch any common thing, as bread, & c., shall that common thing by such contact become legally or ceremonially holy? The priests answered: who these priests were is not mentioned, but it is likely that there were some among the people who did by the prophet's persuasion go and propose the case, and they received the answer as here in the negative, for neither mediate nor yet immediate touch of holy things could make common things or unholy persons holy.
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Haggai 2:12
12 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.