1 Samuel 20:26

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Saul said nothing that day, for he thought, 'Something must have happened to him. He’s not ceremonially clean; surely he’s unclean.'

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  • Lev 15:5 : 5 Anyone who touches his bed must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will remain unclean until evening.
  • Lev 11:24 : 24 By these you will become unclean: whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until the evening.
  • Lev 11:27 : 27 All animals that walk on their paws among the creatures that walk on all fours are unclean to you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until the evening.
  • Lev 11:31 : 31 These are the unclean creatures that swarm. Whoever touches them when they are dead will be unclean until the evening.
  • Lev 11:40 : 40 Anyone who eats from its carcass must wash their clothes and will be unclean until the evening. Anyone who carries its carcass must wash their clothes and will be unclean until the evening.
  • Lev 15:16-17 : 16 If a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his entire body with water, and he will remain unclean until evening. 17 Any clothing or leather that has semen on it must be washed with water, and it will remain unclean until evening.
  • Lev 15:19-21 : 19 When a woman has her menstrual period, her flow of blood will make her unclean for seven days. Anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening. 20 Anything she lies on during her menstruation will be unclean, and anything she sits on will be unclean. 21 Anyone who touches her bed must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will remain unclean until evening.
  • Num 19:16 : 16 Anyone in the open field who touches someone who was killed with a sword, a dead body, a human bone, or a grave shall be unclean for seven days.
  • 1 Sam 16:5 : 5 He replied, "In peace; I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice." Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.
  • Lev 7:20-21 : 20 If anyone who is unclean eats the meat from the peace offering that belongs to the Lord, they must be cut off from their people. 21 If anyone touches something unclean, whether it is human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any detestable thing, and then eats any of the meat from the peace offering that belongs to the Lord, they must be cut off from their people.

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    27But on the second day of the month, David's place was still empty. So Saul asked Jonathan, 'Why hasn’t the son of Jesse come to the meal either yesterday or today?'

    28Jonathan answered Saul, 'David earnestly asked me for permission to go to Bethlehem.'

    29He said, ‘Please let me go, for our family is holding a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has commanded me to attend. If I have found favor in your eyes, let me go and see my brothers.’ That is why he has not come to the king’s table.

    30Saul’s anger flared up at Jonathan, and he said to him, 'You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Don’t I know that you have sided with the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?'

    31As long as the son of Jesse lives on this earth, neither you nor your kingdom will be established. Now send someone to bring him to me, for he must die!'

    32Jonathan responded to his father Saul and asked, 'Why should he be put to death? What has he done?'

    33But Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan to kill him. Then Jonathan knew that his father was determined to kill David.

    34Jonathan got up from the table in fierce anger. He did not eat any food on the second day of the month, because he was grieved at his father’s shameful treatment of David.

  • 1 Sam 20:24-25
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    24So David hid himself in the field, and when the new moon came, the king sat down to eat.

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    20Immediately Saul fell full length on the ground, paralyzed with fear because of Samuel's words. There was no strength left in him, for he had not eaten anything all day and all night.

  • 2 Sam 19:24-25
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    24The king said to Shimei, 'You shall not die.' And the king gave him his oath.

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    37Saul inquired of God, 'Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will you deliver them into the hand of Israel?' But He did not answer him that day.

    38Then Saul said, 'Come here, all you chiefs of the people. Investigate and find out what sin has been committed today.

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    6Saul listened to Jonathan and swore, "As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be put to death."

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