Graphic Bible · Scene 12 of 23

Anonymous hands carry meat in a garment fold beside ordinary food.
Artwork is an interpretation. Scripture is quoted from the People's Open Bible. Hypothetical legal visual essay

Haggai 2:12

Holy Meat, Ordinary Food

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Story guide: The food-and-fold illustration accompanies the hypothetical holiness question; the priestly response shows the answer. No named person performs the hypothetical act.

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12Suppose a man carries holy meat in the fold of his garment, and with his fold touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any food—does it become holy? And the priests answered and said, “No.”

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