1 Samuel 20:26-28

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²⁶ That day Saul said nothing. He thought, “Maybe something has happened to David so that he is unclean. [^LYes, surely he is unclean; ^Critually unclean so he could not participate in a religious ceremony; Lev. 11–15] ²⁷ But the next day was the second day of the month, and David’s place was still empty. So Saul said to Jonathan, “Why hasn’t the son of Jesse come to the ·feast [meal] yesterday or today?”

²⁸ Jonathan answered [^LSaul], “David begged me to let him go to Bethlehem.