1 Samuel 21:4
2 And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.
3 Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.
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.
5 And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.
6 So 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.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “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.”
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- The priest answered David, and said, “I have no common bread, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.”
- ASV
- And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.
- DARBY
- And the priest answered David and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.
- BLB
- And the priest answered David, and said, “[There is] no common bread to under my hand, but there is holy bread, if indeed the young men have kept themselves from women.”
- ÅB
- Presten svarte David og sa: Jeg har intet almindelig brød ved hånden, men hellig brød er her - bare mennene har holdt seg fra kvinner.
- OTB
- Presten svarte David og sa: "Det er ikke vanlig brød for hånden, men det er hellig brød—forutsatt at mennene har holdt seg borte fra kvinner."
- B1930
- Presten svarte David og sa: Jeg har intet almindelig brød ved hånden, men hellig brød er her - bare mennene har holdt sig fra kvinner.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 12:3–4
But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;
Read in contextExodus 19:15
And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.
Read in contextExodus 25:30
And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.
Read in context1 Samuel 21:6
So 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.
Read in contextZechariah 7:3
And 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?
Read in contextLeviticus 24:5–9
And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:5
Defraud 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.
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