1 Samuel 20:26 - The Scriptures 1998

But Sha’ul spoke not a word that day, for he thought, “It is an accident; he is not clean, for he has not been cleansed.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Yet Saul said nothing that day, for he thought, Something has befallen him and he is not clean–surely he is not clean.

American Standard Version (1901)

Nevertheless Saul spake not anything that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.

Common English Bible

Saul didn’t say anything that day because he thought, Perhaps David became unclean somehow. That must be it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And Saul did not say anything on that day. For he was thinking that perhaps something happened to him, so that he was not clean, or not purified.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And Saul said nothing that day; for he thought it might have happened to him, that he was not clean, nor purified.

1 Samuel 20:26 Cross References

Leviticus 11:24

‘And by these you are made unclean, anyone touching the carcass of any of them is unclean until evening,

Leviticus 11:27

‘And whatever goes on its paws, among all the creatures that go on all fours, those are unclean to you. Anyone who touches their carcass is unclean until evening,

Leviticus 11:31

‘These are unclean to you among all that creep. Anyone who touches them when they are dead becomes unclean until evening.

Leviticus 11:40

‘And he who eats of its carcass has to wash his garments, and shall be unclean until evening. And he who picks up its carcass has to wash his garments, and shall be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:5

‘And anyone who touches his bed has to wash his garments, and shall bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

Numbers 19:16

‘Anyone in the open field who touches someone slain by a sword or who has died, or a bone of a man, or a grave, is unclean for seven days.

1 Samuel 16:5

And he said, “In peace. I have come to slaughter to יהוה. Set yourselves apart, and you shall come with me to the slaughtering.” And he set Yishai and his sons apart, and invited them to the slaughtering.

1 Samuel 20:27

And it came to be the next day, the second day of the month, that Dawiḏ