1 Samuel 21:4

Legacy Standard Bible

And the priest answered David and said, “There is no ordinary bread on hand, but there is consecrated bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.”

Cross References

Exodus 19:15

And he said to the people, “Be ready for the third day; do not go near a woman.”

Exodus 25:30

You shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.

Leviticus 15:18

If there is a woman with whom a man lies so that there is a seminal emission, they shall both bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

Zechariah 7:3

speaking to the priests, who belong to the house of Yahweh of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, “Shall I weep in the fifth month and abstain, as I have done these many years?”

1 Corinthians 7:5

Stop depriving one another, except by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

1 Samuel 21:3

So now, what do you have on hand? Give five loaves of bread into my hand, or whatever can be found.”

1 Samuel 21:6

So the priest gave him consecrated bread; for there was no bread there but the bread of the Presence which was removed from before Yahweh, in order to put hot bread in its place when it was taken away.