1 Samuel 21:4

Bible in Basic English 1965

And the priest, answering David, said, I have no common bread here 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 by the third day: do not come near a woman.

Exodus 25:30

And on the table at all times you are to keep my holy bread.

Leviticus 15:18

And if a man has sex relations with a woman and his seed goes out from him, the two of them will have to be bathed in water and will be unclean till evening.

Zechariah 7:3

And to say to the priests of the house of the Lord of armies and to the prophets, Am I to go on weeping in the fifth month, separating myself as I have done in past years?

1 Corinthians 7:5

Do not keep back from one another what is right, but only for a short time, and by agreement, so that you may give yourselves to prayer, and come together again; so that Satan may not get the better of you through your loss of self-control.

1 Samuel 21:3

So now, if you have here five cakes of bread, give them into my hand, or whatever you have.

1 Samuel 21:6

So the priest gave him the holy bread: there was no other, only the holy bread which had been taken from before the Lord, so that new bread might be put in its place on the day when it was taken away.