And he said to the people, “Be prepared by the third day. Do not come near a wife.”
1 Samuel 21:4 - The Scriptures 2009 And the priest answered Dawiḏ and said, “There is no ordinary bread on hand, but there is set-apart bread – provided the young men have kept themselves from women.” Dugang nga mga bersyonKing 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.” 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?" 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? |
And he said to the people, “Be prepared by the third day. Do not come near a wife.”
“And you shall put the showbread on the table before Me, continually.
‘And when a woman lies with a man, and there is an emission of semen, they both shall bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.
speaking to the priests who belonged to the House of יהוה of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, “Should I weep in the fifth new moon and fast as I have done for so many years?”
Do not deprive one another except with agreement for a time, to give yourselves to fasting and prayer. And come together again so that Satan does not try you because of your lack of self-control.
“And now, what do you have on hand? Give five loaves into my hand, or whatever is found.”
Then the priest gave him set-apart bread, for there was no bread there except the showbread which had been taken from before יהוה, in order to put hot bread in on the day it is taken away.