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Nevertheless Saul didn`t say anything that day: for he thought, Something has befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.
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The Law of Ceremonial Purity
Commentators explain that Saul's first thought about David being "unclean" was a logical assumption. The new moon festival was a religious feast involving peace offerings, and according to Mosaic Law, anyone who was ceremonially unclean was forbidden from participating. This provided a plausible, religiously-based reason for David's absence on the first day.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He is not clean - Since the new moon was a religious feast and the meat eaten consisted of peace offerings, no one who was ceremonially uncl…
19th Century
Baptist
David was the son of Jesse, but he was Saul's own son-in-law; yet, out of contempt, the angry king calls him "the son of Jesse."
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Nevertheless, Saul spoke not anything that day About David's absence, took no notice of it, said nothing about it:
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No one was more consistent than David in attending holy duties; nor would he have been absent, except that self-preservation compelled him to withd…
