1 Samuel 21:1-5 ▼

1 David went to Ahimelech  the priest at Nob.  Ahimelech was afraid to meet David, so he said to him, “Why are you alone and no one is with you? ”

2 David answered Ahimelech the priest, “The king gave me a mission, but he told me, ‘Don’t let anyone know anything about the mission I’m sending you on or what I have ordered you to do.’ I have stationed my young men at a certain place.

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

4 The priest told him, “There is no ordinary bread on hand . However , there is consecrated bread,  but the young men may eat it  only if they have kept themselves from women.” 

5 David answered him , “I swear that women are being kept from us, as always when I go out to battle.  The young men’s bodies  are consecrated  even on an ordinary mission, so of course their bodies are consecrated today .”