1 Samuel 21:5

Catholic Public Domain Version

And David responded to the priest, and said to him: "Indeed, as concerns being with women, we have abstained since yesterday and the day before, when we departed, and so the vessels of the young men have been holy. And although, this journey has been defiled, it will also be sanctified today as concerns the vessels."

Cross References

Exodus 19:14

And Moses came down from the mountain to the people, and he sanctified them. And when they had washed their garments,

Exodus 19:15

he said to them, "Be prepared on the third day, and do not draw near to your wives."

Exodus 25:30

And you shall place upon the table the bread of the presence, in my sight always.

Leviticus 24:9

And they shall be for Aaron and his sons, so that they may eat these in the holy place; for it is the Holy of holies from the sacrifices of the Lord, as a perpetual right.

Leviticus 8:26

Then, taking bread without leaven from the basket of unleavened bread, which was before the Lord, and a cake sprinkled with oil, and a wafer, he placed them upon the fat and the right shoulder,

Acts 9:15

Then the Lord said to him: "Go, for this one is an instrument chosen by me to convey my name before nations and kings and the sons of Israel.

1 Corinthians 7:5

So, do not fail in your obligations to one another, except perhaps by consent, for a limited time, so that you may empty yourselves for prayer. And then, return together again, lest Satan tempt you by means of your abstinence.

1 Peter 3:17

For it is better to suffer for doing good, if it is the will of God, than for doing evil.