1 Samuel 21:4

King James 2000

And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread on hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.

Cross References

Exodus 19:15

And he said unto the people, Be ready by the third day: come not near your wives.

Exodus 25:30

And you shall set upon the table showbread before me always.

Leviticus 15:18

The woman also with whom man shall lie and have an emission of semen, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the evening.

Zechariah 7:3

And to speak unto the priests who were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, consecrating myself, as I have done these so many years?

1 Corinthians 7:5

Deprive not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your lack of self-control.

1 Samuel 21:3

Now therefore what is there on hand? give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or what there is present.

1 Samuel 21:6

So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the showbread, that was taken away from before the LORD, to put hot bread in its place the day when it was taken away.