1 Samuel 21:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁶ So the priest gave him the holy bread, for there was no bread there except the bread of the Presence, which is removed from before the Lord, to be replaced by hot bread on the day it is taken away.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ So the priest gave him holy bread, for there was no bread there but the showbread which was taken from before the Lord to put hot bread in its place the day when it was taken away.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ So the priest gave him holy bread; for there was no bread there but the showbread, that was taken from before Jehovah, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

Common English Bible

⁶ So the priest gave David holy bread, because there was no other bread except the bread of the presence, which is removed from the LORD’s presence and replaced by warm bread as soon as it is taken away.

Catholic Public Domain Version

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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ The priest therefore gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there, but only the loaves of proposition, which had been taken away from before the face of the Lord, that hot loaves might be set up.

1 Samuel 21:6 Cross References

1 Samuel 22:10

he inquired of the Lord for him, gave him provisions, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”