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1 Samuel 21:2-8
New American Standard Bible
Chapter 21
2
David said to Ahimelech the priest, 'The king has commissioned me with a matter and has said to me, ‘No one is to know anything about the matter on which I am sending you and with which I have commissioned you; and I have directed the young men to a certain place.’
3
Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found.'
4
The priest answered David and said, 'There is no ordinary bread on hand, but there is consecrated bread, if only the young men have kept themselves from women.'
5
David answered the priest and said to him, 'Be assured, women have been denied to us as previously when I left and the bodies of the young men were consecrated, though it was an ordinary journey; how much more then will their bodies be consecrated today?'
6
So the priest gave him consecrated
bread;
for there was no bread there except the bread of the Presence which was removed from
its place
before the
Lord
, in order to put hot bread
in its place
on the day it was taken away.
7
Now one of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the
Lord
; and his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief of Saul’s shepherds.
8
David said to Ahimelech, 'Now is there no spear or sword on hand? For I brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s matter was urgent.'
King James Version
Chapter 21
2
And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.
3
Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.
4
And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.
5
And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.
6
So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the
Lord
, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
7
Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the
Lord
; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul.
8
And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.
Christian Standard Bible
Chapter 21
2
David answered the priest Ahimelech, "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."
6
So the priest gave him the consecrated bread, for there was no bread there except the Bread of the Presence that had been removed from the presence of the
Lord
. When the bread was removed, it had been replaced with warm bread.
7
One of Saul’s servants, detained before the
Lord
, was there that day. His name was Doeg the Edomite, chief of Saul’s shepherds.
8
David said to Ahimelech, "Do you have a spear or sword on hand? I didn’t even bring my sword or my weapons since the king’s mission was urgent."
New Living Translation
Chapter 21
2
The king has sent me on a private matter,' David said. 'He told me not to tell anyone why I am here. I have told my men where to meet me later.
3
Now, what is there to eat? Give me five loaves of bread or anything else you have.'
4
We don’t have any regular bread,' the priest replied. 'But there is the holy bread, which you can have if your young men have not slept with any women recently.'
5
Don’t worry,' David replied. 'I never allow my men to be with women when we are on a campaign. And since they stay clean even on ordinary trips, how much more on this one!'
6
Since there was no other food available, the priest gave him the holy bread — the Bread of the Presence that was placed before the
Lord
in the Tabernacle. It had just been replaced that day with fresh bread.
7
Now Doeg the Edomite, Saul’s chief herdsman, was there that day, having been detained before the
Lord
.
8
David asked Ahimelech, 'Do you have a spear or sword? The king’s business was so urgent that I didn’t even have time to grab a weapon!'
English Standard Version
Chapter 21
2
And David said to Ahimelech the priest, "The king has charged me with a matter and said to me, ‘Let no one know anything of the matter about which I send you, and with which I have charged you.’ I have made an appointment with the young men for such and such a place.
3
Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever is here."
4
And the priest answered David, "I have no common bread on hand, but there is holy bread — if the young men have kept themselves from women."
5
And David answered the priest, "Truly women have been kept from us as always when I go on an expedition. The vessels of the young men are holy even when it is an ordinary journey. How much more today will their vessels be holy?"
6
So the priest gave him the holy bread, for there was no bread there but the bread of the Presence, which is removed from before the
Lord
, to be replaced by hot bread on the day it is taken away.
7
Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the
Lord
. His name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief of Saul 's herdsmen.
8
Then David said to Ahimelech, "Then have you not here a spear or a sword at hand? For I have brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king 's business required haste."
New International Version
Chapter 21
2
David answered Ahimelek the priest, "The king sent me on a mission and said to me, ‘No one is to know anything about the mission I am sending you on.’ As for my men, I have told them to meet me at a certain place.
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."
5
David replied, "Indeed women have been kept from us, as usual whenever I set out. The men’s bodies are holy even on missions that are not holy. How much more so today!"
6
So the priest gave him the consecrated bread, since there was no bread there except the bread of the Presence that had been removed from before the
Lord
and replaced by hot bread on the day it was taken away.
7
Now one of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the
Lord
; he was Doeg the Edomite, Saul’s chief shepherd.
8
David asked Ahimelek, "Don’t you have a spear or a sword here? I haven’t brought my sword or any other weapon, because the king’s mission was urgent."
New King James Version
Chapter 21
2
So David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has ordered me on some business, and said to me, ‘Do not let anyone know anything about the business on which I send you, or what I have commanded you.’ And I have directed
my
young men to such and such a place.
3
Now therefore, what have you on hand? Give
me
five
loaves of
bread in my hand, or whatever can be found.”
4
And the priest answered David and said, “
There is
no common bread on hand; but there is holy bread, if the young men have at least kept themselves from women.”
5
Then David answered the priest, and said to him, “Truly, women
have been
kept from us about three days since I came out. And the vessels of the young men are holy, and
the bread is
in effect common, even though it was consecrated in the vessel this day.”
6
So the priest gave him holy
bread;
for there was no bread there but the showbread which had been taken from before the
Lord
, in order to put hot bread
in its place
on the day when it was taken away.
7
Now a certain man of the servants of Saul
was
there that day, detained before the
Lord
. And his name
was
Doeg, an Edomite, the chief of the herdsmen who
belonged
to Saul.
8
And David said to Ahimelech, “Is there not here on hand a spear or a sword? For I have brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s business required haste.”
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