“The priest answered David, and said, “I have no common bread, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.””

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 Samuel 21 contains 15 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.