Verse 6
1 Samuel 21:6
New Living Translation
6
Since there was no other food available, the priest gave him the holy bread — the Bread of the Presence that was placed before the LORD in the Tabernacle. It had just been replaced that day with fresh bread.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּעַן֩ דָּוִ֨ד אֶת הַ/כֹּהֵ֜ן וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר ל֗/וֹ כִּ֣י אִם אִשָּׁ֤ה עֲצֻֽרָה לָ֨/נוּ֙ כִּ/תְמ֣וֹל שִׁלְשֹׁ֔ם בְּ/צֵאתִ֕/י וַ/יִּהְי֥וּ כְלֵֽי הַ/נְּעָרִ֖ים קֹ֑דֶשׁ וְ/הוּא֙ דֶּ֣רֶךְ חֹ֔ל וְ/אַ֕ף כִּ֥י הַ/יּ֖וֹם יִקְדַּ֥שׁ בַּ/כֶּֽלִי
English Translation
And David answered the priest and said to him, "If there are holy things in our vessels, as there were yesterday and the day before when I went out, let the young men's vessels be holy, and although today it is common, it shall be sanctified in the vessels."
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11
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