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1 Samuel 20:26

Saul said nothing that day because he thought, “Something has happened to David to make him ceremonially unclean—surely he is unclean.”

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ASV

Nevertheless Saul spake not anything that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.

KJV

Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.

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16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
דִבֶּ֥רdi.Berhe spokeH1696 →
שָׁא֛וּלsha.'UlSaulH7586 →
מְא֖וּמָהme.'U.mahanythingH3972 →
בַּיּ֣וֹםbai.Yomon the dayH3117 →
הַה֑וּאha.Hu'<the> thatH1931 →
כִּ֤יkiforH3588 →
אָמַר֙'a.Marhe saidH559 →
מִקְרֶ֣הmik.Reh[is] an accidentH4745 →
ה֔וּאHu'itH1931 →
בִּלְתִּ֥יbil.TinotH1115 →
טָה֛וֹרta.Hor[is] cleanH2889 →
ה֖וּאhu'heH1931 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808 →
טָהֽוֹר׃ סta.HorcleanH2889 →

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Leviticus 15:5Anyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.Leviticus 11:24These creatures will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,Leviticus 11:27All the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,Numbers 11:26Two men, however, had remained in the camp—one named Eldad and the other Medad—and the Spirit rested on them. They were among those listed, but they had not gone out to the tent, and they prophesied in the camp.1 Samuel 16:5“In peace,” he replied. “I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.Leviticus 11:31These animals are unclean for you among all the crawling creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening.Leviticus 7:20–21But if anyone who is unclean eats meat from the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people.Leviticus 15:16–17When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean until evening.Leviticus 11:40Whoever eats from the carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening, and anyone who picks up the carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening.Numbers 19:16Anyone in the open field who touches someone who has been killed by the sword or has died of natural causes, or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.Leviticus 15:19–21When a woman has a discharge consisting of blood from her body, she will be unclean due to her menstruation for seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening.Zephaniah 1:7Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD, for the Day of the LORD is near. Indeed, the LORD has prepared a sacrifice; He has consecrated His guests.

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David and Jonathan — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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