Parallel
1 Samuel 21:5
Swete's Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible
καὶ ἀπεκρίθη Δαυεὶδ τῷ ἱερεῖ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῶ Ἀλλὰ ἀπὸ γυναικὸς ἀπεσχήμεθα ἐχθὲς καὶ τρίτην ἡμέραν· ἐν τῷ ἐξελθεῖν με εἰς ὁδὸν γέγονε πάντα τὰ παιδάρια ἡγνισμένα. καὶ αὐτὴ ἡ ὁδὸς βέβηλος ; διότι ἁγιασθήσεται σήμερον διὰ τὰ σκεύη μου.
David answered, “Women have indeed been kept from us, as is usual when I set out. And the bodies of the young men are holy even on common missions. How much more so today!”