1 Samuel 21:4-6

International Children’s Bible

⁴ The priest said to David, “I don’t have any plain bread here. But I do have some holy bread^[a] here. You may eat it if your men have kept themselves from women.”

⁵ David answered, “Women have been kept from us. My men always keep their bodies holy, even when we do ordinary work. And this is especially true when the work is holy.”

⁶ There was no bread except the bread made holy for the Lord. So the priest gave David the bread that showed the people were in the presence of God. This was the bread the priests had taken from the holy table before the Lord. Each day they took this bread away and put hot bread in its place.