4 And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread. If only the young men have kept themselves from women.
1 Samuel 21:4 Cross References - ACV
Exodus 19:15
15 And he said to the people, Be ready for the third day. Come not near a woman.
Exodus 25:30
30 And thou shall set upon the table showbread before me always.
Leviticus 24:5-9
5 And thou shall take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes of it. Two tenth parts of an ephah shall be in one cake.
6 And thou shall set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before LORD.
7 And thou shall put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire to LORD.
8 Every sabbath day he shall set it in order before LORD continually. It is on the behalf of the sons of Israel, an everlasting covenant.
9 And it shall be for Aaron and his sons. And they shall eat it in a holy place, for it is most holy to him of the offerings of LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute.
1 Samuel 21:6
6 So the priest gave him holy bread, for there was no bread there but the showbread that was taken from before LORD to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
Zechariah 7:3
3 and to speak to the priests of the house of LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?
Matthew 12:3-4
1 Corinthians 7:5
5 Do not defraud each other except from agreement for a time, so that ye may have time for fasting and prayer. And come together again for the same thing, so that Satan not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.