1 Samuel 20:26

Bible in Basic English 1965

But Saul said nothing that day, for his thought was, Something has taken place making him unclean; it is clear that he is not clean.

Cross References

Leviticus 11:24

By these you will be made unclean; anyone touching their dead bodies will be unclean till evening:

Leviticus 11:27

Any four-footed beast which goes on the ball of its foot, is unclean to you: anyone touching the dead body of one of these will be unclean till evening.

Leviticus 11:31

All these are unclean to you: anyone touching them when they are dead will be unclean till evening.

Leviticus 11:40

And he who makes use of any part of its body for food is to have his clothing washed and be unclean till evening; and anyone taking away its body is to have his clothing washed and be unclean till evening.

Leviticus 15:5

And anyone touching his bed is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening.

Numbers 19:16

And anyone touching one who has been put to death with the sword in the open country, or the body of one who has come to his end by a natural death, or a man's bone, or the resting-place of a dead body, will be unclean for seven days.

1 Samuel 16:5

And he said, In peace: I have come to make an offering to the Lord: make yourselves clean and come with me to make the offering. And he made Jesse and his sons clean, and sent for them to be present at the offering.

1 Samuel 20:27

And on the day after the new moon, that is, the second day, there was still no one in David's seat: and Saul said to his son Jonathan, Why has the son of Jesse not come to the feast yesterday or today?