1 Samuel 21:4

common: i.e. or unhallowed.

hallowed. holy. See note on Exodus 3:5.

kept. And thus ceremonially clean, to eat such bread.

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⁴ And 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.

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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