# Haggai 2:13

> So Haggai asked, “If one who is defiled by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become defiled?” “Yes, it becomes defiled,” the priests answered.

— Haggai 2:13, Berean Standard Bible

## When

- 520 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: Haggai 1:1 dates itself to the day: the second year of King Darius, the sixth month, the first day. Four of the book's five messages carry their own date.

## Who ruled

- **Darius I**, king of Persia, 522-486 BC · Source: Behistun Inscription, written at his order in three languages; Herodotus III

## See also

- Leviticus 22:4-6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/22/4
- Numbers 5:2-3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/numbers/5/2
- Numbers 9:6-10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/numbers/9/6
- Numbers 19:11-22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/numbers/19/11

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/haggai/2/13
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/haggai/2
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).