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1 Samuel 21

David Takes Consecrated Bread

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Then Davidh1732 cameh935 to  aNobh5011 to Ahimelechh288 the priesth3548; and Ahimelechh288  bcameh2729 tremblingh2729 to meeth7122 Davidh1732 and saidh559 to him, "Whyh4069 are you aloneh905 and noh369 oneh376 with you?"

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Davidh1732 saidh559 to Ahimelechh288 the priesth3548, "The kingh4428 has commissionedh6680 me with a matterh1697 and has saidh559 to me, ` aLet noh408 oneh376 knowh3045 anythingh3972 about the matterh1697 on whichh834 I am sendingh7971 you and with whichh834 I have commissionedh6680 you; and I have directedh3045 the youngh5288 menh5288 to a certainh492h6423 placeh4725.'

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"Nowh6258 therefore, whath4100  1do you haveh3426 on handh3027? Giveh5414  2me fiveh2568 loaves of breadh3899, orh176 whatever can be foundh4672."

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The priesth3548 answeredh6030a Davidh1732 and saidh559, "Thereh369 is noh369 ordinaryh2455 breadh3899  1on handh3027, but thereh3426 is  aconsecratedh6944 breadh3899; ifh518 onlyh389 the youngh5288 menh5288 have  bkepth8104 themselves from womenh802."

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Davidh1732 answeredh6030a the priesth3548 and saidh559 to him, " aSurelyh3588h518 womenh802 have been kepth6113 from us as previouslyh8543h8032a when I seth3318 out and the  bvesselsh3627 of the youngh5288 menh5288 were holyh6944, though it was an ordinaryh2455 journeyh1870; howh637 muchh637h3588 moreh637h3588 then todayh3117 will  1their vesselsh3627 be holy?"

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So  athe priesth3548 gaveh5414 him consecratedh6944 bread; for there was noh3808 breadh3899 thereh8033 but the  bbreadh3899 of the Presenceh6440 which was removedh5493 from beforeh6440 the LORDh3068, in order to puth7760 hoth2527 breadh3899 in its place whenh3117 it was takenh3947 away.

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Now oneh376 of the servantsh5650 of Saulh7586 was thereh8033 that dayh3117, detainedh6113 beforeh6440 the LORDh3068; and his nameh8034 was  aDoegh1673 the Edomiteh130, the  bchiefh47 of Saul'sh7586 shepherdsh7462a.

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Davidh1732 saidh559 to Ahimelechh288, "Now is thereh3426 not a spearh2595 orh176 a swordh2719  1on handh3027? For I broughth3947 neitherh1571h3808 my swordh2719 norh1571 my weaponsh3627  2with me, becauseh3588 the king'sh4428 matterh1697 was urgenth5169."

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Then the priesth3548 saidh559, " aThe swordh2719 of Goliathh1555 the Philistineh6430, whomh834 you  1killedh5221  bin the valleyh6010 of Elahh424, beholdh2009, it is wrappedh3874 in a clothh8071 behindh310 the ephodh646; ifh518 you would takeh3947 it for yourself, takeh3947 it. For thereh369 is noh369 otherh312 excepth2108 it hereh2088." And Davidh1732 saidh559, "Thereh369 is noneh369 likeh3644 it; giveh5414 it to me."

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Then Davidh1732 aroseh6965 and fledh1272 that dayh3117 from Saulh7586, and wenth935 to  aAchishh397 kingh4428 of Gathh1661.

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But the  aservantsh5650 of Achishh397 saidh559 to him, "Is thish2088 not Davidh1732 the kingh4428 of the landh776?  bDid they not singh6031b of thish2088 oneh2088 as they dancedh4246, sayingh559, `Saulh7586 has slainh5221 his thousandsh505, And Davidh1732 his tenh7233 thousandsh7233'?"

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Davidh1732  atookh7760 theseh428 wordsh1697  1to hearth3824 and greatlyh3966 fearedh3372a Achishh397 kingh4428 of Gathh1661.

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So he  adisguisedh8132 his sanityh2940 beforeh5869 them, and actedh1984b insanelyh1984b in their handsh3027, and scribbledh8427 on the doorsh1817 of the gateh8179, and let his salivah7388b runh3381 downh3381 into his beardh2206.

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Then Achishh397 saidh559 to his servantsh5650, "Beholdh2009, you seeh7200 the manh376 behavingh7696 as a madmanh7696. Whyh4100 do you bringh935 him to me?

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"Do I lackh2638 madmenh7696, that you have broughth935 thish2088 oneh2088 to acth7696 the madmanh7696 in my presenceh5921? Shall thish2088 oneh2088 comeh935 into my househ1004?"



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