Haggai 2:11
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying,
Thus saith the Lord of hosts,.... To Haggai the prophet:
Ask now the priests concerning the law; whose business it was to understand it, and teach it, and to answer questions, and resolve doubts concerning it; not of their own heads, and according to their fancies, will, and pleasure; but according to the rules and instructions given in the word of God: and as this was their office, they were the proper persons to apply to; and Haggai, though a prophet, is sent to the priests to propose questions to them; though it may be not so much for his own information, as for the conviction of the priests of their impurity, out of their own mouths, and of the people by them:
saying; putting the following questions to them.