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1 Samuel 21:2
“David said to Ahimelech the priest, "The king has commanded me a business, and has said to me, 'Let no man know anything of the business about which I send you, and what I have commanded you; and I have appointed the young men to such and such a place.”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 21
1
Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said to him, "Why are you alone, and no man with you?
2
David said to Ahimelech the priest, "The king has commanded me a business, and has said to me, 'Let no man know anything of the business about which I send you, and what I have commanded you; and I have appointed the young men to such and such a place.
3
Now therefore what is under your hand? Give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatever there is present.
4
The priest answered David, and said, "There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.
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