1 Samuel 21:4
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.
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- Matthew 12:3–4 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, and they that were with him; how he entered into the house of God, and ate the showbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them that were with him, but only for the priests?
- Exodus 19:15 And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not near a woman.
- Exodus 25:30 And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before me alway.