Exodus 19:15
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15 And he said to the people, “Prepare for the third day; do not go near a woman.”
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1 Samuel 21:4
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4 The priest answered David, “I have no ordinary bread at hand, only holy bread—provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.”(A)
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1 Samuel 21:5
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5 David answered the priest, “Indeed, women have been kept from us as always when I go on an expedition; the vessels of the young men are holy even when it is a common journey; how much more today will their vessels be holy?”(A)
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1 Thessalonians 3:5
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5 For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith; I was afraid that somehow the tempter had tempted you and that our labor had been in vain.(A)
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