1 Samuel 20:26

Easy To Read Version

That day Saul said nothing. He thought, “Maybe something happened to David so that he is not clean. [175] ”

Cross References

Leviticus 11:24

Those insects will make you unclean. [134] Any person who touches the dead bodies of these insects will become unclean until evening.

Leviticus 11:31

Those crawling animals are unclean for you. Any person who touches their dead bodies will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 11:40

And the person who eats meat from this animal’s body must wash his clothes. This person will be unclean until evening. The person who picks up the dead body of the animal must wash his clothes. This person will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:5

If any person touches that person’s bed, then he must wash his clothes and bathe in water. He will be unclean until evening.

Numbers 19:16

If anyone touches a dead body, then that person will be unclean for seven days. This is true if the dead body is out in the field or if the person was killed in war. Also, if anyone touches the bones from a dead person then that person is unclean.

1 Samuel 16:5

Samuel answered, “Yes, I come in peace. I come to make a sacrifice [144] to the Lord. Prepare yourselves and come to the sacrifice with me.” Samuel prepared Jesse and his sons. Then Samuel invited them to come and share the sacrifice.

1 Samuel 20:27

On the next day, the second day of the month, David’s place was empty again. Then Saul said to his son Jonathan, “Why didn’t Jesse’s son come to the New Moon Feast [176] yesterday or today?”