Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the showbread, that was taken away from before the LORD, to put hot bread in its place the day when it was taken away.
Exodus 25:30
And you shall set upon the table showbread before me always.
Leviticus 24:5
And you shall take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes of it: two- tenth of an ephah shall be in one cake.
Matthew 12:3
But he said unto them, Have you not read what David did, when he was hungry, and they that were with him;

If the young

Exodus 19:15
And he said unto the people, Be ready by the third day: come not near your wives.
Zechariah 7:3
And to speak unto the priests who were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, consecrating myself, as I have done these so many years?
1 Corinthians 7:5
Deprive not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your lack of self-control.