1 Samuel 20:6 meaning and explanation
If your father misses me at all, tell him, ‘David urgently requested my permission to hurry to Bethlehem, his hometown, because there is an annual sacrifice for his whole clan.’
1 Samuel 20:6, Berean Standard Bible
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David is speaking to Jonathan in secret, arranging cover for his absence from Saul's table at the New Moon feast. The lie he proposes, an urgent family sacrifice in Bethlehem, is a plausible excuse, since David's clan held an annual sacrifice and Saul had already accepted ritual uncleanness as a reason for absence.
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