SEV Biblia, Chapter 21:6
Así el sacerdote le dio el pan sagrado, porque allí no había otro pan que los panes de la proposición, los cuales habían sido quitados de delante del SEÑOR, para que se pusiesen panes calientes el día que los otros fueron quitados.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 21:6
Verse 6. So the priest gave him hallowed bread] To this history our Lord alludes, Mark ii. 25, in order to show that in cases of absolute necessity a breach of the ritual law was no sin. It was lawful for the priests only to eat the shew- bread; but David and his companions were starving, no other bread could be had at the time, and therefore he and his companions ate of it without sin.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 6. So the priest gave him hallowed [bread] , etc.] Being satisfied with the account he gave of himself, and his young men, and of the lawfulness of it in case of necessity, acts of mercy being to be preferred to ritual services. Whether he gave him five loaves, as he desired, is not said; but the reason of his giving him such sort of bread is observed, for there was no bread there ; in the tabernacle, whatever might be in the house of the priest: but the shewbread that was taken from before the Lord ; from off of the shewbread table; and it seems to have been just taken off, it being sabbath day, and not as yet carried to the house of the priest, and divided among the other priests as usual; and which was then removed, to put hot bread, in the day that it was taken away; that is, new bread, twelve fresh cakes; for when the twelve, that had stood a week on the shewbread table were removed, twelve more were immediately put in their room, and it seems by this they were put hot there; but here arises a difficulty, how they could be put hot there, when it was not lawful to bake on a sabbath day. About this the Jews are divided; some say they were baked on the sabbath day, but the greater part say that baking did not drive away the sabbath, or it was lawful on the sabbath day; but others say that they were baked on the evening of the sabbath, and kept in the oven until the time of their being set upon the table f435 ; and, as Abarbinel observes, the mouth of the oven might be stopped up till that time to keep in the heat; but others say this heat was miraculous, or that a miracle was wrought for the sake of it; which is not probable.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-9 - David, in distress, fled to the tabernacle of God. It is great comfor in a day of trouble, that we have a God to go to, to whom we may ope our cases, and from whom we may ask and expect direction. David tol Ahimelech a gross untruth. What shall we say to this? The Scriptur does not conceal it, and we dare not justify it; it was ill done, an proved of bad consequence; for it occasioned the death of the priest of the Lord. David thought upon it afterward with regret. David ha great faith and courage, yet both failed him; he fell thus foull through fear and cowardice, and owing to the weakness of his faith. Ha he trusted God aright, he would not have used such a sorry, sinfu shift for his own preservation. It is written, not for us to do the like, no, not in the greatest straits, but for our warning. David aske of Ahimelech bread and a sword. Ahimelech supposed they might eat the shew-bread. The Son of David taught from it, that mercy is to be preferred to sacrifice; that ritual observances must give way to mora duties. Doeg set his foot as far within the tabernacle as David did. We little know with what hearts people come to the house of God, nor what use they will make of pretended devotion. If many come in simplicity of heart to serve their God, others come to observe their teachers and to prove accusers. Only God and the event can distinguish between a Davi and a Doeg, when both are in the tabernacle. (1Sa 21:10-15)
Original Hebrew
ויתן 5414 לו הכהן 3548 קדשׁ 6944 כי 3588 לא 3808 היה 1961 שׁם 8033 לחם 3899 כי 3588 אם 518 לחם 3899 הפנים 6440 המוסרים 5493 מלפני 6440 יהוה 3068 לשׂום 7760 לחם 3899 חם 2527 ביום 3117 הלקחו׃ 3947
