⁸ Every Sabbath day Aaron shall set them in order before the Lord regularly as a commitment of the Israelites, as a covenant forever.^(A)

⁹ They shall be for Aaron and his descendants, who shall eat them in a holy place, for they are most holy portions for him from the offerings by fire^[a] to the Lord, a perpetual due.”^(A)

³ He said to them, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?^(A)

⁴ How he entered the house of God, and they^[a] ate the bread of the Presence, which it was not lawful for him or his companions to eat, but only for the priests?^(A)

²⁵ And he said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need of food,

²⁶ how he entered the house of God when Abiathar was high priest and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and he gave some to his companions?”^(A)