1 Samuel 21:5
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And David answered the priest, and said to him: Truly, as to what concerneth women, we have refrained ourselves from yesterday and the day before, when we came out, and the vessels of the young men were holy. Now this way is defiled, but it shall also be sanctified this day in the vessels.

the vessels

Acts 9:15 And the Lord said to him: Go thy way: for this man is to me a vessel of election, to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel.

1 Thessalonians 4:3,4 For this is the will of God, your sanctification: That you should abstain from fornication: . . .

2 Timothy 2:20,21 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth: and some indeed unto honour, but some unto dishonour. . . .

1 Peter 3:17 For it is better doing well (if such be the will of God) to suffer than doing ill.

in a manner

Leviticus 24:9 And they shall be Aaron's and his sons', that they may eat them in the holy place: because it is most holy of the sacrifices of the Lord by a perpetual right.

Leviticus 8:26 And taking out of the basket of unleavened bread, which was before the Lord, a loaf without leaven, and a cake tempered with oil and a wafer, he put them upon the fat, and the right shoulder:

Context
David Takes the Consecrated Bread
4And the priest answered David, saying: I have no common bread at hand, but only holy bread, if the young men be clean, especially from women? 5And David answered the priest, and said to him: Truly, as to what concerneth women, we have refrained ourselves from yesterday and the day before, when we came out, and the vessels of the young men were holy. Now this way is defiled, but it shall also be sanctified this day in the vessels.6The priest therefore gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there, but only the loaves of proposition, which had been taken away from before the face of the Lord, that hot loaves might be set up.…
Cross References
1 Corinthians 7:5
Defraud not one another, except, perhaps, by consent, for a time, that you may give yourselves to prayer: and return together again, lest Satan tempt you for your incontinency.

1 Thessalonians 4:4
That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour,

Exodus 19:14
And Moses came down from the mount to the people, and sanctified them. And when they had washed their garments,

Exodus 19:15
He said to them: Be ready against the third day, and come not near your wives.

Lexicon
David
דָּוִ֨ד (dā·wiḏ)
0
Strong's Hebrew 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

answered,
וַיַּעַן֩ (way·ya·‘an)
0
Strong's Hebrew 6030: To answer, respond

“Women [have]
אִשָּׁ֤ה (’iš·šāh)
0
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

indeed
אִם־ (’im-)
0
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

[been] kept
עֲצֻֽרָה־ (‘ă·ṣu·rāh-)
0
Strong's Hebrew 6113: To inclose, to hold back, to maintain, rule, assemble

from us,
לָ֙נוּ֙ (lā·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

as usual
שִׁלְשֹׁ֔ם (šil·šōm)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 8032: Three days ago, day before, yesterday

when I set out.
בְּצֵאתִ֕י (bə·ṣê·ṯî)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

And
וַיִּהְי֥וּ (way·yih·yū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

the equipment
כְלֵֽי־ (ḵə·lê-)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3627: Something prepared, any apparatus

of the young men
הַנְּעָרִ֖ים (han·nə·‘ā·rîm)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 5288: A boy, lad, youth, retainer

is holy,
קֹ֑דֶשׁ (qō·ḏeš)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 6944: A sacred place, thing, sanctity

as it [is]
וְהוּא֙ (wə·hū)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

even on common
חֹ֔ל (ḥōl)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 2455: Profaneness, commonness

missions,
דֶּ֣רֶךְ (de·reḵ)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

and all the more
וְאַ֕ף (wə·’ap̄)
Preposition-k | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 637: Meaning accession, yea, adversatively though

at
כִּ֥י (kî)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

this time.”
הַיּ֖וֹם (hay·yō·wm)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day


Additional Translations
David answered, “Women have indeed been kept from us, as usual when I set out. And the equipment of the young men is holy, as it is even on common missions, and all the more at this time.”And David answered the priest, and said to him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yes, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.

And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days; when I came out, the vessels of the young men were holy, though it was but a common journey; how much more then to-day shall their vessels be holy?

And David answered the priest, and said to him, Yea, we have been kept from women for three days: when I came forth for the journey all the young men were purified; but this expedition is unclean, wherefore it shall be sanctified this day because of my weapons.

And David answered the priest and said to him, Yes indeed, women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the [bread] is in a manner common, and the more so, because to-day [new] is hallowed in the vessels.

And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days; When I came out, the vessels of the young men were holy, though it was but a common journey; how much more then today shall their vessels be holy?

And David answered the priest, and said to him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yes, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.

David answered the priest, and said to him, "Truly, women have been kept from us about these three days. When I came out, the vessels of the young men were holy, though it was but a common journey. How much more then today shall their vessels be holy?"

And David answereth the priest, and saith to him, 'Surely, if women have been restrained from us as heretofore in my going out, then the vessels of the young men are holy, and it is a common way: and also, surely to-day it is sanctified in the vessel.'
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