‘These will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,
1 Samuel 20:26 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Saul did not say anything that day because he thought, ‘Something unexpected has happened; he must be ceremonially unclean #– #yes, that’s it, he is unclean.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Yet Saul said nothing that day, for he thought, Something has befallen him and he is not clean–surely he is not clean. American Standard Version (1901) Nevertheless Saul spake not anything that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean. Common English Bible Saul didn’t say anything that day because he thought, Perhaps David became unclean somehow. That must be it. Catholic Public Domain Version And Saul did not say anything on that day. For he was thinking that perhaps something happened to him, so that he was not clean, or not purified. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Saul said nothing that day; for he thought it might have happened to him, that he was not clean, nor purified. |
‘These will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,
All the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,
These are unclean for you among all the swarming creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead will be unclean until evening.
Anyone who eats some of its carcass is to wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening. Anyone who carries its carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening.
Anyone who touches his bed is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.
Anyone in the open field who touches a person who has been killed by the sword or has died, or who even touches a human bone, or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.
‘In peace,’ he replied. ‘I’ve come to sacrifice to the Lord. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.’ Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.
However, the day after the New Moon, the second day, David’s place was still empty, and Saul asked his son Jonathan, ‘Why didn’t Jesse’s son come to the meal either yesterday or today? ’