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David answered, “No women have been near us for days. My men always keep themselves holy, even when we do ordinary work. And this is especially true when the work is holy.”

So the priest gave David the holy bread from the presence of God because there was no other. Each day the holy bread was replaced with hot bread.

One of Saul’s servants happened to be there that day. He had been held there before the Lord. He was Doeg the Edomite, the chief of Saul’s shepherds.

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