1 Samuel 21:4

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

Exodus 19:15

He told the people, "Be ready for the third day; don't go near a woman."

Exodus 25:30

You are to put the bread of the Presence on the table before me continuously."

Leviticus 24:5-9

Take fine flour and bake twelve cakes using two tenths of a measure for each cake.

Matthew 12:3-4

But he told them, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

1 Samuel 21:6

So the priest gave him consecrated bread because no bread was there except the Bread of the Presence that had been removed from the LORD's presence and replaced with hot bread on the day it was taken away.

Zechariah 7:3

and to speak to the priests assigned to the Temple of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies along with the prophets, asking, "Am I to go about mourning, denying myself throughout the fifth month, as I have these many years?"

1 Corinthians 7:5

Do not withhold yourselves from each other unless you agree to do so just for a set time, in order to devote yourselves to prayer. Then you should come together again so that Satan does not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

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Summary

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.

Bible References

Hallowed bread

1 Samuel 21:6
So the priest gave him consecrated bread because no bread was there except the Bread of the Presence that had been removed from the LORD's presence and replaced with hot bread on the day it was taken away.
Exodus 25:30
You are to put the bread of the Presence on the table before me continuously."
Leviticus 24:5
Take fine flour and bake twelve cakes using two tenths of a measure for each cake.
Matthew 12:3
But he told them, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

If the young

Exodus 19:15
He told the people, "Be ready for the third day; don't go near a woman."
Zechariah 7:3
and to speak to the priests assigned to the Temple of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies along with the prophets, asking, "Am I to go about mourning, denying myself throughout the fifth month, as I have these many years?"
1 Corinthians 7:5
Do not withhold yourselves from each other unless you agree to do so just for a set time, in order to devote yourselves to prayer. Then you should come together again so that Satan does not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

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