1 Samuel 21:4

Plain English Version

The old man said, “I have nothing, no bread, I only have this special bread, that we make to give to God. Only men that do my kind of work can eat it. I’ll let you take it, but only if your men have not slept with women, like men do with their wives.”

Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:5

So, if your husband or wife wants to sleep with you, to do what married people do together, you can’t say, “No.” But both of you can agree to wait for a while without sleeping together, so you can use the time to pray. Then, soon after that, you have to sleep together again. If you don’t, Satan might trick you. He knows you can’t control yourselves very well. If you go too long without sleeping together, then he will try to get one of you to sleep with somebody else.

1 Samuel 21:3

Do you have any food? I need some. Maybe 5 loaves of bread? Or maybe some other kind of food?”

1 Samuel 21:6

So the old man gave him the special bread that was left from the day before, because the fresh bread was still on God’s table.