1 Samuel 21:4-6

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⁴ The priest said to David, “I don’t have any ordinary bread here, but I do have some of the holy bread. Your officers can eat it if they have not had sexual relations with any women.”^[a]

⁵ David answered the priest, “We have not been with any women. My men keep their bodies^[b] holy every time we go out to fight, even on ordinary missions.^[c] 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.