Exodus 19:15
New International Version
15 Then he said to the people, “Prepare yourselves for the third day. Abstain(A) from sexual relations.”
Exodus 19:15
King James Version
15 And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.
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1 Samuel 21:4
New International Version
4 But the priest answered David, “I don’t have any ordinary bread(A) on hand; however, there is some consecrated(B) bread here—provided the men have kept(C) themselves from women.”
1 Samuel 21:4
King James Version
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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1 Samuel 21:5
New International Version
5 David replied, “Indeed women have been kept from us, as usual(A) whenever[a] I set out. The men’s bodies are holy(B) even on missions that are not holy. How much more so today!”
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1 Samuel 21:5
King James Version
5 And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.
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