1 Samuel 21:1-5 ▼

1 David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest, and Ahimelech was trembling as he came to meet David. Ahimelech told him, |Why are you alone, and no one with you?|

2 David told Ahimelech the priest, |The king commanded me about a matter, saying to me, 'Don't let anyone know anything about the matter I'm sending you to do and about which I've commanded you. I've directed the young men to a certain place.'

3 Now, what do you have available? Give me five loaves of bread or whatever you have.|

4 The priest answered David: |There is no ordinary bread available; only consecrated bread, provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.|

5 David answered the priest, saying to him, |Indeed, women were kept from us as is usual whenever I go out on a mission, and the equipment of the young men is consecrated even when it's an ordinary journey, so how much more is their equipment consecrated today?|