So the priest gave David the sacred bread, because the only bread he had was the loaves offered to God, which had been removed from the sacred table and replaced by fresh bread.

The table is to be placed in front of the Covenant Box, and on the table there is always to be the sacred bread offered to me.

Take twenty-four pounds of flour and bake twelve loaves of bread.

Put some pure incense on each row, as a token food offering to the LORD to take the place of the bread.

The bread belongs to Aaron and his descendants, and they shall eat it in a holy place, because this is a very holy part of the food offered to the LORD for the priests.

Jesus answered, "Have you never read what David did that time when he and his men were hungry?

He went into the house of God, and he and his men ate the bread offered to God, even though it was against the Law for them to eat it---only the priests were allowed to eat that bread.

and Moses told them, "Be ready by the day after tomorrow and don't have sexual intercourse in the meantime."

and to ask the priests and the prophets this question: "Should we continue to mourn because of the destruction of the Temple, by fasting in the fifth month as we have done for so many years now?"

Do not deny yourselves to each other, unless you first agree to do so for a while in order to spend your time in prayer; but then resume normal marital relations. In this way you will be kept from giving in to Satan's temptation because of your lack of self-control.