1 Samuel 21:5-7

Living Bible

⁵ “Rest assured,” David replied. “I never let my men run wild when they are on an expedition, and since they stay clean even on ordinary trips, how much more so on this one!”

⁶ So, since there was no other food available, the priest gave him the holy bread—the Bread of the Presence that was placed before the Lord in the Tabernacle. It had just been replaced that day with fresh bread.

⁷ (Incidentally, Doeg the Edomite, Saul’s chief herdsman, was there at that time for ceremonial purification.^[a])