1 Samuel 21:4

Good News Translation

The priest said, “I don't have any ordinary bread, only sacred bread; you can have it if your men haven't had sexual relations recently.”

Cross References

Exodus 19:15

and Moses told them, “Be ready by the day after tomorrow and don't have sexual intercourse in the meantime.”

Exodus 25:30

The table is to be placed in front of the Covenant Box, and on the table there is always to be the sacred bread offered to me.

Leviticus 15:18

After sexual intercourse both the man and the woman must take a bath, and they remain unclean until evening.

Zechariah 7:3

and to ask the priests and the prophets this question: “Should we continue to mourn because of the destruction of the Temple, by fasting in the fifth month as we have done for so many years now?”

1 Corinthians 7:5

Do not deny yourselves to each other, unless you first agree to do so for a while in order to spend your time in prayer; but then resume normal marital relations. In this way you will be kept from giving in to Satan's temptation because of your lack of self-control.

1 Samuel 21:3

Now, then, what supplies do you have? Give me five loaves of bread or anything else you have.”

1 Samuel 21:6

So the priest gave David the sacred bread, because the only bread he had was the loaves offered to God, which had been removed from the sacred table and replaced by fresh bread. (