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1 Samuel 21:5
Evangelical Heritage Version

5 David answered the priest, “Yes indeed, women have been kept away from us just as they have been on previous occasions. Whenever I go out on a mission, the bodies[a] of the young men are kept holy even if it is only an ordinary journey. How much more then shall their bodies be holy today?”

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  1. 1 Samuel 21:5 Literally vessels. Some translations understand this as a reference to the men’s weapons, but it is clear from the priest’s question that he is concerned about the effect of sexual relations on the purity of their bodies.
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