1 Samuel 20:24-26
New Catholic Bible
24 David’s Absence. So David hid himself in the field. When the new moon celebration began and the king sat down to eat, 25 the king sat in his usual place by the wall. Jonathan sat facing him, and Abner was sitting by Saul’s side, but David’s place was empty. 26 Saul did not say anything that day, because he thought, “Something must have happened to him so that he is impure, surely he is unclean.”[a]
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- 1 Samuel 20:26 The meal that accompanied the festival of the new moon involved a sacrifice to God and required ritual purification (see Ex 19:10, Lev 15:16, Num 19:11-22). Without such a cleansing, David could not participate.
1 Samuel 20:24-26
New International Version
24 So David hid in the field, and when the New Moon feast(A) came, the king sat down to eat. 25 He sat in his customary place by the wall, opposite Jonathan,[a] and Abner sat next to Saul, but David’s place was empty.(B) 26 Saul said nothing that day, for he thought, “Something must have happened to David to make him ceremonially unclean—surely he is unclean.(C)”
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 20:25 Septuagint; Hebrew wall. Jonathan arose
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