1 Samuel 21:5
New English Translation
5 David said to the priest, “Certainly women have been kept away from us, just as on previous occasions when I have set out. The soldiers’[a] equipment[b] is holy, even on an ordinary journey. How much more so will they be holy today, along with their equipment!”
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- 1 Samuel 21:5 tn Heb “servants’.”
- 1 Samuel 21:5 tn Or “things”; or “weapons”; Heb “vessels,” which some understand as a reference to the soldiers’ bodies (so NIV).
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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