1 Samuel 21:4

New King James Version

And the priest answered David and said, “There is no common bread on hand; but there is holy bread, if the young men have at least kept themselves 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 the showbread on the table before Me always.

Leviticus 15:18

Also, when a woman lies with a man, and there is an emission of semen, they shall bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

Zechariah 7:3

and to ask the priests who were in the house of the Lord of hosts, and the prophets, saying, “Should I weep in the fifth month and fast as I have done for so many years?”

1 Corinthians 7:5

Do not deprive one another except with consent 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 have you on hand? Give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatever can be found.”

1 Samuel 21:6

So the priest gave him holy bread; for there was no bread there but the showbread which had been taken from before the Lord, in order to put hot bread in its place on the day when it was taken away.