From that time when one came expecting a heap of twenty measures, there were only ten; when one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty measures from it, there were only twenty.

This took place on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month of King Darius’ second year.

On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the Lord spoke again through the prophet Haggai:

Then the Lord spoke again to Haggai on the twenty-fourth day of the month:

On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month of Darius’ second year, the Lord spoke again to the prophet Haggai:

‘Think carefully about the past: from today, the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, to the day work on the temple of the Lord was resumed, think about it.