1 Samuel 21:4

A Conservative Version

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.

Cross References

Exodus 19:15

And he said to the people, Be ready for the third day. Come not near a woman.

Exodus 25:30

And thou shall set upon the table showbread before me always.

1 Corinthians 7:5

Do not defraud each other except from agreement for a time, so that ye may have time for fasting and prayer. And come together again for the same thing, so that Satan not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

Zechariah 7:3

[and] to speak to the priests of the house of LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?

1 Samuel 21:6

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

Leviticus 15:18

The woman also with whom a man shall lay with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the evening.

1 Samuel 21:3

Now therefore what is under thy hand? Give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatever there is present.