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1 Samuel 20:5
New Catholic Bible
1 Samuel 20:5
New Catholic Bible
5 David said to Jonathan, “Tomorrow is the new moon celebration,[a] and I am supposed to dine with the king. Let me go and hide myself in the field until the evening of the day after tomorrow.
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- 1 Samuel 20:5 The new moon celebration: a time for the Israelites to gather socially to dedicate themselves anew to the Lord. They preferred to celebrate when the moon was not yet visible, as opposed to pagan worship that focused on the full moon, not on the Creator God.
1 Samuel 20:5
English Standard Version
1 Samuel 20:5
English Standard Version
5 David said to Jonathan, “Behold, tomorrow is (A)the new moon, and I should not fail to sit at table with the king. But let me go, (B)that I may hide myself in the field till the third day at evening.
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