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1 Samuel 21:4

And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.

KJV

Et respondens sacerdos ad David, ait illi : Non habeo laicos panes ad manum, sed tantum panem sanctum : si mundi sunt pueri, maxime a mulieribus ?

Vulgate

καὶ ἀπεκρίθη ὁ ἱερεὺς τῷ Δαυεὶδ καὶ εἶπεν Οὐκ εἰσὶν ἄρτοι βέβηλοι ὑπὸ τὴν χεῖρά μου, ὅτι ἀλλ’ ἢ ἄρτοι ἅγιοί εἰσιν· εἰ πεφυλαγμένα τὰ παιδάριά ἐστιν ἀπὸ γυναικός, καὶ φάγεται.

LXX

And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.

ASV

וְ/עַתָּ֗ה מַה יֵּ֧שׁ תַּֽחַת יָדְ/ךָ֛ חֲמִשָּׁה לֶ֖חֶם תְּנָ֣/ה בְ/יָדִ֑/י א֖וֹ הַ/נִּמְצָֽא

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

א֣וֹ
'v
conjunction · 311×
הוּ
hv
verb · 455×
ו
v
noun · 505×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
חֲמֵ֥שׁ
chmsh
adjective · 344×
יֶשׁ
ysh
pronoun · 137×
לֶ֣חֶם
lchm
noun · 297×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
עַתָּ֗ה
'th
adverb · 433×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 7:5 — Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
  • 1Cor 7:5 — Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
  • 1Sam 21:6 — So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
  • Exod 19:15 — And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.
  • Exod 19:15 — And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.
  • Exod 25:30 — And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.
  • Lev 24:5 — And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.
  • Lev 24:5 — And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.
  • Matt 12:3 — But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;
  • Zech 7:3 — And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?