1 Samuel 21:4

The priest answered David, “There is no ordinary (unconsecrated) bread on hand, but there is consecrated bread; [you may have it] if only the young men have kept themselves from women.”

Exodus 19:15

He said to the people, “Be prepared for the third day; do not be intimate with a woman.”

Exodus 25:30

You shall set the bread of the Presence (showbread) on the table before Me at all times.

Leviticus 24:5-9

“Then you shall take fine flour and bake twelve cakes (bread of the Presence, showbread) with it; two-tenths of an ephah shall be in each cake (loaf).

Matthew 12:3-4

He said to them, “Have you not read [in the Scriptures] what David did when he was hungry, he and those who accompanied him—

So the priest gave him the consecrated bread; for there was no bread there except the bread of the Presence which was removed from before the Lord in order to put hot bread in its place when it was taken away.

Zechariah 7:3

speaking to the priests who belong to the house of the Lord of hosts and to the prophets, saying, “[Now that I am returned from exile] shall I weep in the fifth month [mourning the destruction of the temple], and fast as I have done these many years [in Babylon]?”

1 Corinthians 7:5

Do not deprive each other [of marital rights], except perhaps by mutual consent for a time, so that you may devote yourselves [unhindered] to prayer, but come together again so that Satan will not tempt you [to sin] because of your lack of self-control.

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Summary

1 Samuel 21:4

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.

Hallowed bread

If the young

Exodus 19:15

Zechariah 7:3

1 Corinthians 7:5

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