Haggai 2:13

Good News Translation

Then Haggai asked, “Suppose someone is defiled because he has touched a dead body. If he then touches any of these foods, will that make them defiled too?” The priests answered, “Yes.”

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 10:1

Dead flies can make a whole bottle of perfume stink, and a little stupidity can cancel out the greatest wisdom.

Hosea 9:4

In those foreign lands they will not be able to make wine offerings to the Lord or bring their sacrifices to him. Their food will defile everyone who eats it, like food eaten at funerals. It will be used only to satisfy their hunger; none of it will be taken as an offering to the Lord's Temple.