1 Samuel 20:26

New International Version

Saul said nothing that day, for he thought, “Something must have happened to David to make him ceremonially unclean—surely he is unclean.”

Cross References

Leviticus 15:5

Anyone who touches his bed must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.

Leviticus 11:27

Of all the animals that walk on all fours, those that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean till evening.

Leviticus 11:24

“ ‘You will make yourselves unclean by these; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean till evening.

1 Samuel 16:5

Samuel replied, “Yes, in peace; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. Consecrate yourselves and come to the sacrifice with me.” Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.

Numbers 19:16

“Anyone out in the open who touches someone who has been killed with a sword or someone who has died a natural death, or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.

Leviticus 11:40

Anyone who eats some of its carcass must wash their clothes, and they will be unclean till evening. Anyone who picks up the carcass must wash their clothes, and they will be unclean till evening.

Leviticus 11:31

Of all those that move along the ground, these are unclean for you. Whoever touches them when they are dead will be unclean till evening.

1 Samuel 20:27

But the next day, the second day of the month, David’s place was empty again. Then Saul said to his son Jonathan, “Why hasn’t the son of Jesse come to the meal, either yesterday or today?”