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1 Samuel 21:5-7
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1 Samuel 21:5-7
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5 David answered the priest, “We have not been with any women. My men keep their bodies[a] holy every time we go out to fight, even on ordinary missions.[b] And this is especially true today.”
6 There was no bread except the holy bread, so the priest gave David this bread. This was the bread that the priests put on the holy table before the Lord. Each day they took this bread away and put fresh bread in its place.
7 One of Saul’s officers was there that day. He was Doeg the Edomite, the leader of Saul’s shepherds.[c] He had been kept there before the Lord.[d]
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- 1 Samuel 21:5 bodies Literally, “vessels” or “weapons.”
- 1 Samuel 21:5 My men … missions See 2 Sam. 11:11 and the rules in Deut. 23:9-14.
- 1 Samuel 21:7 shepherds Or “messengers.”
- 1 Samuel 21:7 kept there before the Lord This might mean that Doeg was there as part of a special promise to God or some other religious reason. Or it might mean he was being held there because of some crime, such as accidentally killing a man.
1 Samuel 21:5-7
New International Version
1 Samuel 21:5-7
New International Version
5 David replied, “Indeed women have been kept from us, as usual(A) whenever[a] I set out. The men’s bodies are holy(B) even on missions that are not holy. How much more so today!” 6 So the priest gave him the consecrated bread,(C) since there was no bread there except the bread of the Presence that had been removed from before the Lord and replaced by hot bread on the day it was taken away.
7 Now one of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the Lord; he was Doeg(D) the Edomite,(E) Saul’s chief shepherd.
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- 1 Samuel 21:5 Or from us in the past few days since
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