1 Samuel 20:26-28
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
26 (A)Saul, however, said nothing that day, for he thought, “He must have become unclean by accident.”[a] 27 On the next day, the second day of the month, David’s place was still vacant. So Saul asked his son Jonathan, “Why has the son of Jesse not come to table yesterday or today?” 28 Jonathan explained to Saul: “David pleaded with me to let him go to Bethlehem.
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- 20:26 The meal on the first day of the month would have had religious overtones, and a ritual impurity (Lv 15:16; Dt 23:10–12) would have barred David from sharing in it.
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