1 Samuel 21:4

Lighthouse Bible 2006

And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread in my 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 to the people, Be ready for the third day: do not come 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 with seed of intercourse, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the evening.

Zechariah 7:3

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

1 Corinthians 7:5

Do not deprive one another, except by agreement for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, so that Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self control.

1 Samuel 21:3

Now therefore what do you have in your 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 from before the LORD, to put hot bread there in the day when it was taken away.