1 Samuel 21:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““There is no common bread on hand,” the priest replied, “but there is some consecrated bread—provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.””
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““There is no common bread on hand,” the priest replied, “but there is some consecrated bread—provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the priest answereth David, and saith, `There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if the youths have been kept only from women.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Samuel 21:4 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 19:15“Be prepared for the third day,” he said to the people. “Do not draw near to a woman.”
- Exodus 25:30And place the Bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.
- Leviticus 15:18If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, both must bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening.
- Leviticus 24:5You are also to take fine flour and bake twelve loaves, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf,
- 1 Samuel 21:6So the priest gave him the consecrated bread, since there was no bread there but the Bread of the Presence, which had been removed from before the LORD and replaced with hot bread on the day it was taken away.
- Zechariah 7:3by asking the priests of the house of the LORD of Hosts, as well as the prophets, “Should I weep and fast in the fifth month, as I have done these many years?”
- Matthew 12:3Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
- 1 Corinthians 7:5Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.
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