1 Samuel 21:4

Free Bible Version

“There's no ordinary bread,” the priest told David, “but there's some holy bread, as long as your men have not slept with any women lately.”

Cross References

Exodus 19:15

He instructed the people, “Get ready for the third day, and don't be intimate with a woman.”

Exodus 25:30

Place the Bread of the Presence on the table so it is always in my presence.

Leviticus 15:18

If a man sleeps with a woman and there is a release of semen, both of them must wash with water, and they will remain unclean until the evening.

Zechariah 7:3

They were to ask the priests of the Temple of the Lord Almighty and the prophets, “Should I go on mourning and fasting in the fifth month, as I have done for so many years?”

1 Corinthians 7:5

So don't deprive each other, except by mutual consent for a while—for example because you want to spend time in prayer. Afterwards come together again so that Satan won't tempt you to sin because of your lack of self-control.

1 Samuel 21:3

So what do you have on hand to eat? Let me have five loaves of bread, or whatever you can find.”

1 Samuel 21:6

So the priest gave him the holy bread as they didn't have any other bread there except this “Bread of the Presence,” which had been removed from the presence of the Lord that day and replaced with fresh bread.