KJVAnd the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.
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.
“There is no common bread on hand,” the priest replied, “but there is some consecrated bread—provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.”
And the priest answereth David, and saith, `There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if the youths have been kept only from women.'
And the priest answered David and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.
1 Samuel — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
F I R S T S A M U E L CHAP. XXI. David has now quite taken leave both of Saul's court and of his camp, has bidden farewell to his alter idem--his other self, the beloved Jonathan; and henceforward to the end of this book he is looked…