1 Samuel 21:3-4

3 Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever you can find.”

4 But the priest answered David, “I don’t have any ordinary bread on hand; however, there is some consecrated bread here—provided the men have kept themselves from women.”

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1 Samuel 21:3-4 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 21

This chapter relates that David went to Nob, and pretending he was on secret business for the king, got shewbread, and the sword of Goliath, from Ahimelech the priest, 1Sa 21:1-9; and that passing from thence to Gath, where he was known, through fear feigned himself mad, and so escaped from thence, 1Sa 21:10-15.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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1. Leviticus 24:8-9
2. Exodus 25:30; Matthew 12:4
3. S Exodus 19:15; S Leviticus 15:18

1 Samuel 21:3-4

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1 Samuel 21:3-4 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 21

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