1 Samuel 21:4
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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.“There is no common bread on hand,” the priest replied, “but there is some consecrated bread—provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.”
In other translations
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.“There is no common bread on hand,” the priest replied, “but there is some consecrated bread—provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.”
Hebrew words
וַיַּעַןvaiya'anand he answeredH6030הַכֹּהֵןhakohenthe priestH3548אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853דָּוִדdavidDavidH1732וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559אֵין־'ein-there notH369לֶחֶםlechem[is] bread ofH3899חֹלcholprofanenessH2455אֶל־'el-toH413תַּחַתtachatunderH8478יָדִיyadihand myH3027כִּי־ki-thatH3588אִם־'im-exceptH518לֶחֶםlechem[is] bread ofH3899קֹדֶשׁkodeshholinessH6944יֵשׁyeshthereH3426אִם־'im-ifH518נִשְׁמְרוּnishmeruthey have kept themselvesH8104הַנְּעָרִיםhane'arimthe young menH5288אַךְ'akhonlyH389מֵאִשָּׁה׃ פme'ishahfrom a womanH802
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Related verses
- Matthew 12:3-43 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him; 4 How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?3 Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? 4 He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for them to eat, but only for the priests.
- Exodus 19:15And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.“Be prepared for the third day,” he said to the people. “Do not draw near to a woman.”
- Exodus 25:30And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.And place the Bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.
- 1 Samuel 21:6So the priest gave him hallowed 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.So the priest gave him the consecrated bread, since there was no bread there but the Bread of the Presence, which had been removed from before the LORD and replaced with hot bread on the day it was taken away.
- Zechariah 7:3And to speak unto the priests which were in 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?by asking the priests of the house of the LORD of Hosts, as well as the prophets, “Should I weep and fast in the fifth month, as I have done these many years?”
- 1 Corinthians 7:5Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.
- Leviticus 24:5-95 And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake. 6 And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the Lord. 7 And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto the Lord. 8 Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the Lord continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.5 You are also to take fine flour and bake twelve loaves, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf, 6 and set them in two rows—six per row—on the table of pure gold before the LORD. 7 And you are to place pure frankincense near each row, so that it may serve as a memorial portion for the bread, an offering made by fire to the LORD. 8 Every Sabbath day the bread is to be set out before the LORD on behalf of the Israelites as a permanent covenant.
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People: David