Haggai is a report on the utterances of the prophet Haggai during the second year of the reign of Darius, king of the Persian Empire, in the postexilic period. The prophet is singularly concerned with the rebuilding of the Temple, which is essential to restoring the nation’s religious purity. Haggai also believes that a great messianic age is at hand.

Haggai 2

2:13 Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.