1 Samuel 21:2-4

Lexham English Bible

² So David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king charged me with a matter and said to me, ‘No one must know anything about this matter on which I am sending you, with which I have charged you and the servants.’” So I have arranged to meet with my servants at a certain place.^{[a] 3} Now then, what do you have at hand?^[b] Give me five loaves of bread or whatever is here.”^{[c] 4} The priest answered David and said, “There is no ordinary bread here at hand;^[d] there is only holy bread, but only if the young men have kept themselves from women.”