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1 Samuel 20:25-27
Contemporary English Version
1 Samuel 20:25-27
Contemporary English Version
25 by the wall, just as he always did. Jonathan sat across from him,[a] and Abner sat next to him. But David's place was empty. 26 Saul didn't say anything that day, because he was thinking, “Something must have happened to make David unfit to be at the Festival.[b] Yes, something must have happened.”
27 The day after the New Moon Festival, when David's place was still empty, Saul asked Jonathan, “Why hasn't that son of Jesse come to eat with us? He wasn't here yesterday, and he still isn't here today!”
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- 20.25 sat … him: One ancient translation; Hebrew “stood up.”
- 20.26 unfit … Festival: During the New Moon Festival a sacred meal was served that could only be eaten by people who were properly prepared. Some of the things that could make a person unfit are listed in Leviticus 7.20,21; 15.2,31; 22.4-8; Deuteronomy 23.10,11.
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