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1 Samuel 21:2-4
Evangelical Heritage Version
1 Samuel 21:2-4
Evangelical Heritage Version
2 David said to Ahimelek the priest, “The king sent me on a mission and told me, ‘Don’t let anyone know anything about where I am sending you or about your orders.’ I have instructed the young men to wait for me at a certain place. 3 So what do you have on hand? Please give me five loaves of bread, or whatever is available.”
4 The priest answered David, “I do not have any ordinary bread, but there is holy[a] bread—I can give it to you[b] only if your young men have kept themselves away from women.”[c]
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- 1 Samuel 21:4 In this context holy means ceremonially pure or set aside for a sacred purpose.
- 1 Samuel 21:4 The words I can give it to you are added to make the sentence clear in English.
- 1 Samuel 21:4 Sexual relations made a man ceremonially unclean, as did touching a woman during her period.
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