1 Samuel 21:4 - Catholic Public Domain Version

And the priest, responding to David, said to him: "I have no common bread at hand, but only holy bread. Are the young men clean, especially from women?"

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And the priest answered David, There is no common bread on hand, but there is hallowed bread–if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

“I don’t have any regular bread on hand,” the priest answered David, “just holy bread—but only if your troops have abstained from sexual activity.”

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And the priest answered David, saying: I have no common bread at hand, but only holy bread, if the young men be clean, especially from women?

English Standard Version 2016

And the priest answered David, “I have no common bread on hand, but there is holy bread—if the young men have kept themselves from women.”

1 Samuel 21:4 Cross References

Exodus 19:15

he said to them, "Be prepared on the third day, and do not draw near to your wives."

Exodus 25:30

And you shall place upon the table the bread of the presence, in my sight always.

Leviticus 15:18

The woman with whom he has had sexual intercourse shall be washed with water, and she shall be unclean until evening.

Zechariah 7:3

to speak to the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts and to the prophets, saying: "Must there be weeping with me in the fifth month, and must I sanctify myself, as I have now done for many years?"

1 Corinthians 7:5

So, do not fail in your obligations to one another, except perhaps by consent, for a limited time, so that you may empty yourselves for prayer. And then, return together again, lest Satan tempt you by means of your abstinence.

1 Samuel 21:3

Now therefore, if you have anything at hand, even five loaves of bread, or whatever you may find, give it to me."

1 Samuel 21:6

Therefore, the priest gave to him sanctified bread. For there was no bread there, but only the bread of the Presence, which had been taken away from before the face of the Lord, so that fresh loaves might be set up.