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1 David went to Ahimelech the priest in Nob. Ahimelech was shaking with fear when he met David, and said to him, |Why are you by yourself with no one accompanying you?| 2 David replied to Ahimelech the priest, |The king instructed me to do something, but he said to me, 'Don't let anyone know the reason I am sending you or the instructions I have given you.' I have told my soldiers to wait at a certain place. 3 Now what do you have at your disposal? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found.| 4 The priest replied to David, |I don't have any ordinary bread at my disposal. Only holy bread is available, and then only if your soldiers have abstained from sexual relations with women.| 5 David said to the priest, |Certainly women have been kept away from us, just as on previous occasions when I have set out. The soldiers' equipment is holy, even on an ordinary journey. How much more so will they be holy today, along with their equipment!| 1 Samuel 21:1-5, New English Translation. Copyright © 1996-2017 by Biblical Studies Press.
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