Verse 5
1 Samuel 21:5
Literal Standard Version
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And David answers the priest and says to him, “Surely, if women have been restrained from us as before in my going out, then the vessels of the young men are holy, and it is a common way; and also, surely it is sanctified today in the vessel.”
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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