1 Samuel 21:4

New American Bible - revised edition

Now what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves, or whatever you can find.”

Cross References

Exodus 19:15

He said to the people, “Be ready for the third day. Do not approach a woman.” The Great Theophany.

Exodus 25:30

On the table you shall always keep showbread set before me. The Menorah.

Leviticus 15:18

If a man has sexual relations with a woman, they shall both bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

Zechariah 7:3

and to ask the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts, and the prophets, “Must I weep and abstain in the fifth month as I have been doing these many years?”

1 Corinthians 7:5

Do not deprive each other, except perhaps by mutual consent for a time, to be free for prayer, but then return to one another, so that Satan may not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

1 Samuel 21:3

David answered the priest: “The king gave me a commission and told me, ‘Do not let anyone know anything about the business on which I have sent you or the commission I have given you.’ For that reason I have arranged a particular meeting place with my men.

1 Samuel 21:6

David answered the priest: “We have indeed stayed away from women. In the past whenever I went out on a campaign, all the young men were consecrated—even for an ordinary campaign. All the more so are they consecrated with their weapons today!”