1 Samuel 21:4

Easy To Read Version

Now, what food do you have with you? Give me five loaves of bread or whatever you have to eat.”

Cross References

Exodus 19:15

Then Moses said to the people, “Be ready for the meeting with God in three days. Until that time, the men must not touch the women.”

Exodus 25:30

Put the special bread [183] before me on the table. It must always be there in front of me.

Leviticus 15:18

If a man sleeps with a woman and has a flow of semen, then both the man and the woman must bathe in water. They will be unclean until evening.

Zechariah 7:3

They went to the prophets and to the priests at the temple of the Lord All-Powerful. Those men asked them this question: “For many years we have shown our sadness for the destruction of the temple. In the fifth month of each year we have had a special time of crying and fasting. Should we continue to do this?”

1 Corinthians 7:5

Don’t refuse to give your bodies to each other. But you might both agree to stay away \{from sex\} for a time. You might do this so that you can give your time to prayer. Then come together again. This is so that Satan (the Devil) cannot tempt you in your weakness.

1 Samuel 21:3

David answered Ahimelech, “The king gave me a special order. He told me, ‘Don’t let anyone know about this mission. No person must know what I told you to do.’ I told my men where to meet me.

1 Samuel 21:6

David answered the priest, “We have not been with any women. My men keep their bodies holy every time we go out to fight, even on ordinary missions. [182] And this is especially true today, when our work is so special.”