Haggai 2:12

If someone carries consecrated meat in the fold of their garment, and that fold touches some bread or stew, some wine, olive oil or other food, does it become consecrated?’” The priests answered, “No.”

From Background Notes [BN] for September 29^th & 30^th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

Now, according to Jewish practice, the meat originally became holy because it was brought to the Great Altar as a “peace offering” (Hebrew: šelāmîm) and thereby dedicated to God for a special use.

 
Such offerings were for thanksgiving or fulfillment of vows. Their purpose was to seek God’s blessing on the crops, flocks or herds, and for the fertility of a woman’s womb. One characteristic of this offering is that is could be taken home and eaten like other food. The first question posed by Haggai to the priests is this: “Will other items subsequently touched by this holy sacrifice thereby become holy or consecrated?” To which the priests, in their role as interpreters of torah, responded with, “No.” [BN, 3]

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