1 Samuel 21:4

Amplified Bible

⁴The priest answered David, “There is no ordinary (unconsecrated) bread on hand, but there is ^[a]consecrated bread; [you may have it] if only the young men have kept themselves from women.”

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Footnotes

1 Samuel 21:4 I.e. the bread of the Presence (showbread) was an offering dedicated to God and was to be eaten only by the priests. The ancient rabbis maintained that any law may be superseded to save life, and that David’s life was in danger from hunger.

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