Commentaries:Barnes' Notes
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1 Samuel 21:5
The vessels of the young men ... - i. e., their clothes Deuteronomy 22:5 or wallets (marginal reference), or other articles which might be Levitically unclean and need cleansing (Leviticus 13:58; Exodus 19:10, etc.; Mark 7:4), as well as the person.
And the bread ... - The meaning is; "Though it is treating it like common bread to give it to me and my young men, there is fresh showbread baked and put on the table in place of what you give us;" the day being Friday. as is indicated in the verse following.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 1 Samuel 21:5:
Exodus 40:34-35
Leviticus 24:1-9
1 Chronicles 16:4-42
Psalms 34:4
Psalms 56:6
Psalms 78:60
Isaiah 10:32
Matthew 12:3
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