1 Samuel 20:26
But Saul said nothing that day, for his thought was, Something has taken place making him unclean; it is clear that he is not clean.
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Leviticus 11:24By these you will be made unclean; anyone touching their dead bodies will be unclean till evening:
Leviticus 11:31All these are unclean to you: anyone touching them when they are dead will be unclean till evening.
Leviticus 15:5And anyone touching his bed is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening.
Leviticus 15:19And if a woman has a flow of blood from her body, she will have to be kept separate for seven days, and anyone touching her will be unclean till evening.
1 Samuel 16:5And he said, In peace: I have come to make an offering to the Lord: make yourselves clean and come with me to make the offering. And he made Jesse and his sons clean, and sent for them to be present at the offering.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 20:25-35
Jonathan Excuses David to Saul. ( b. c. 1058.) 24 So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat. 25 And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place was empty. 26 Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean. 27 And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of… Read the whole commentary →