1 Samuel 21:4

The Scriptures 2009

And the priest answered Dawiḏ and said, “There is no ordinary bread on hand, but there is set-apart bread – provided the young men have kept themselves from women.”

Cross References

Exodus 19:15

And he said to the people, “Be prepared by the third day. Do not come near a wife.”

Exodus 25:30

“And you shall put the showbread on the table before Me, continually.

Leviticus 15:18

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

Zechariah 7:3

speaking to the priests who belonged to the House of יהוה of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, “Should I weep in the fifth new moon and fast as I have done for so many years?”

1 Corinthians 7:5

Do not deprive one another except with agreement for a time, to give yourselves to fasting and prayer. And come together again so that Satan does not try you because of your lack of self-control.

1 Samuel 21:3

“And now, what do you have on hand? Give five loaves into my hand, or whatever is found.”

1 Samuel 21:6

Then the priest gave him set-apart bread, for there was no bread there except the showbread which had been taken from before יהוה, in order to put hot bread in on the day it is taken away.