1 Samuel 20:26

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

Saul didn't say anything that day, because he was thinking, “Something must have happened to make David unfit to be at the Festival. Yes, something must have happened.”

Cross References

Leviticus 15:5

and if you touch either these or him, you must wash your clothes and take a bath, but you still remain unclean until evening.

Leviticus 11:24

Don't even touch the dead bodies of animals that have divided hoofs but don't chew the cud. And don't touch the dead bodies of animals that have paws. If you do, you must wash your clothes, but you are still unclean until evening.

1 Samuel 16:5

“Yes, it is!” Samuel answered. “I've come to offer a sacrifice to the Lord. Get yourselves ready to take part in the sacrifice and come with me.” Samuel also invited Jesse and his sons to come to the sacrifice, and he got them ready to take part.

Numbers 19:16

If you touch the body of someone who died or was killed, or if you touch a human bone or a grave, you will be unclean for seven days.

Leviticus 11:40

If you eat any of its meat or carry its body away, you must wash your clothes, but you are still unclean until evening.

Leviticus 11:31

Anyone who touches their dead bodies or anything touched by their dead bodies becomes unclean until evening.

1 Samuel 20:27

The day after the New Moon Festival, when David's place was still empty, Saul asked Jonathan, “Why hasn't that son of Jesse come to eat with us? He wasn't here yesterday, and he still isn't here today!”