Verse 5
1 Samuel 21:5
World English Bible, British Edition
5
David answered the priest, and said to him, “Truly, women have
been kept from us as usual these three days. When I came out, the vessels of the young men were holy,
though it was only a common journey. How much more then today shall their vessels be holy?”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּ֨עַן הַ/כֹּהֵ֤ן אֶת דָּוִד֙ וַ/יֹּ֔אמֶר אֵֽין לֶ֥חֶם חֹ֖ל אֶל תַּ֣חַת יָדִ֑/י כִּֽי אִם לֶ֤חֶם קֹ֨דֶשׁ֙ יֵ֔שׁ אִם נִשְׁמְר֥וּ הַ/נְּעָרִ֖ים אַ֥ךְ מֵ/אִשָּֽׁה
English Translation
And the priest answered David and said, "There is no ordinary bread under my hand except for the holy bread, if the young men have kept themselves from women."
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Chapter 21 Context
1
Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech came to meet David
trembling, and said to...
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2
David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has commanded me to do
something, and has said to me,...
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3
Now therefore what is under your hand? Please give me five loaves of
bread in my hand, or whatever i...
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4
The priest answered David, and said, “I have no common bread,
but there is holy bread; if only the y...
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5
David answered the priest, and said to him, “Truly, women have
been kept from us as usual these thre...
6
So the priest gave him holy bread; for there was no bread there but the
show bread that was taken fr...
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7
Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day,
detained before the LORD; and his name...
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8
David said to Ahimelech, “Isn’t there here under your hand spear
or sword? For I haven’t brought my...
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9
The priest said, “Behold, the sword of Goliath the Philistine,
whom you killed in the valley of Elah...
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10
David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to
Achish the king of Gath.
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11
The servants of Achish said to him, “Isn’t this David the king of the
land? Didn’t they sing to one...
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12
David laid up these words in his heart, and was very afraid
of Achish the king of Gath.
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13
He changed his behaviour before them and pretended to be insane in
their hands, and scribbled on the...
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14
Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you see the man is insane.
Why then have you brought him to...
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15
Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this fellow to play the madman
in my presence? Should this f...
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