1 Samuel 21:4
“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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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And the priest answered David, and said, there is no common bread under mine hand,.... In the tabernacle, though he…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Common - As opposed to holy. (See the marginal references, and compare the use of the word in Act 10:14-15, Act 10:28.)…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–17141 Samuel 21:1-9
Here, I. David, in distress, flies in the tabernacle of God, now pitched at Nob, supposed to be a city in the tribe of…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
common Lit. profane or unholy, i.e. unconsecrated. Vulg. "laicos panes."
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