He said to the people, “Y’all be ready for the third day. Y’all must not have sexual relations with a woman.”
1 Samuel 21:4 - Y'all Version Bible The priest answered David, and said, “I have no common bread, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the priest answered David, There is no common bread on hand, but there is hallowed bread–if the young men have kept themselves at least from women. American Standard Version (1901) And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women. Common English Bible “I don’t have any regular bread on hand,” the priest answered David, “just holy bread—but only if your troops have abstained from sexual activity.” Catholic Public Domain Version And the priest, responding to David, said to him: "I have no common bread at hand, but only holy bread. Are the young men clean, especially from women?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the priest answered David, saying: I have no common bread at hand, but only holy bread, if the young men be clean, especially from women? |
He said to the people, “Y’all be ready for the third day. Y’all must not have sexual relations with a woman.”
If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, they must both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the evening.
and to speak to the priests of the house of YHWH Almighty and to the prophets, saying, “Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?”
Y’all must not deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season, so that y’all may devote yourselves* to prayer. Then y’all must come together again, so that Satan doesn’t tempt y’all through your* lack of self-control.
Now therefore what is under your hand? Please give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatever is available.”
So the priest gave him holy bread; for there was no bread there but the show bread that was taken from before YHWH, to be replaced with hot bread in the day when it was taken away.