1 Samuel 21:4

New Living Translation

“We don’t have any regular bread,” the priest replied. “But there is the holy bread, which you can have if your young men have not slept with any women recently.”

Cross References

Exodus 19:15

He told them, “Get ready for the third day, and until then abstain from having sexual intercourse.”

Exodus 25:30

Place the Bread of the Presence on the table to remain before me at all times.

Leviticus 15:18

After a man and a woman have sexual intercourse, they must each bathe in water, and they will remain unclean until the next evening.

Zechariah 7:3

They were to ask this question of the prophets and the priests at the Temple of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies: “Should we continue to mourn and fast each summer on the anniversary of the Temple’s destruction, as we have done for so many years?”

1 Corinthians 7:5

Do not deprive each other of sexual relations, unless you both agree to refrain from sexual intimacy for a limited time so you can give yourselves more completely to prayer. Afterward, you should come together again so that Satan won’t be able to tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

1 Samuel 21:3

Now, what is there to eat? Give me five loaves of bread or anything else you have.”

1 Samuel 21:6

Since there was no other food available, the priest gave him the holy bread—the Bread of the Presence that was placed before the Lord in the Tabernacle. It had just been replaced that day with fresh bread.