1 Samuel 20:26
And Saul did not say anything on that day. For he was thinking that perhaps something happened to him, so that he was not clean, or not purified.
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Leviticus 11:24And whoever will have touched their carcasses shall be defiled, and he shall be unclean until evening.
Leviticus 11:31All these are unclean. Whoever will have touched their carcasses shall be unclean until evening.
Leviticus 15:5If any man has touched his couch, he shall wash his clothes, and having washed with water, he shall be unclean until evening.
Leviticus 15:19The woman who, at the return of the month, undergoes the flow of blood shall be separated for seven days.
1 Samuel 16:5And he said: “It is peaceful. I have arrived in order to immolate to the Lord. Be sanctified, and come with me to the sacrifice.” Then he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and he called them to the sacrifice.
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 →