1 David went to the town of Nob to see Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech was trembling in fear when he met him, and he asked, "Why are you here alone? Why isn’t there anybody with you?"
2 "The king has given me an assignment," David replied. "He told me ‘Nobody must know anything about the assignment I have sent you to do.’ As for my men, I’ve told them where to meet me. 3 So what do you have on hand to eat? Let me have five loaves of bread, or whatever you can find."
4 "There’s no ordinary bread," the priest told David, "but there’s some holy bread, as long as your men have not slept with any women lately."
5 "We have not slept with any women," David answered. "In fact that’s the rule when I lead the troops on mission. They keep themselves pure even during ordinary missions, and all the more so right now."
6 So the priest gave him the holy bread as they didn’t have any other bread there except this "Bread of the Presence," which had been removed from the presence of the Lord21:6. In other words removed from the Tent of Meeting. that day and replaced with fresh bread.