1 Samuel 21:4

Revised Version 1885

And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.

Cross References

Exodus 19:15

And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not near a woman.

Exodus 25:30

And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.

Leviticus 15:18

The woman also with whom a man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.

Zechariah 7:3

and to speak unto the priests of the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?

1 Corinthians 7:5

Defraud ye not one the other, except it be by consent for a season, that ye may give yourselves unto prayer, and may be together again, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.

1 Samuel 21:3

Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or whatsoever there is present.

1 Samuel 21:6

So the priest gave him holy bread: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.