1 Samuel 20:5
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And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.So David told him, “Look, tomorrow is the New Moon, and I am supposed to dine with the king. Instead, let me go and hide in the field until the third evening from now.
In other translations
And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.So David told him, “Look, tomorrow is the New Moon, and I am supposed to dine with the king. Instead, let me go and hide in the field until the third evening from now.
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559דָּוִדdavidDavidH1732אֶל־'el-toH413יְהוֹנָתָןyehonatanJonathanH3083הִנֵּה־hineh-here!H2009חֹדֶשׁchodesha new moonH2320מָחָרmachar[will be] tomorrowH4279וְאָנֹכִיve'anokhiand IH595יָשֹׁב־yashov-certainly <to sit>H3427אֵשֵׁב'eshevI will sitH3427עִם־'im-withH5973הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428לֶאֱכוֹלle'ekholto eatH398וְשִׁלַּחְתַּנִיveshilachtaniand you will let go meH7971וְנִסְתַּרְתִּיvenistartiand I will hide myselfH5641בַשָּׂדֶהvasadehin the fieldH7704עַד'aduntilH5704הָעֶרֶבha'erevthe eveningH6153הַשְּׁלִשִׁית׃hashelishit<the> thirdH7992
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- Numbers 10:10Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the Lord your God.And on your joyous occasions, your appointed feasts, and the beginning of each month, you are to blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to serve as a reminder for you before your God. I am the LORD your God.”
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- Numbers 28:11And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the Lord; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot;At the beginning of every month, you are to present to the LORD a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished,
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- Proverbs 22:3A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
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- Colossians 2:16Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath.
- 1 Samuel 20:6If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth–lehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.If your father misses me at all, tell him, ‘David urgently requested my permission to hurry to Bethlehem, his hometown, because there is an annual sacrifice for his whole clan.’
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