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He is not clean; surely he is not clean

According to the law of Moses, a person who is ceremonially unclean is not to participate in the feast until the priest declares that he is clean. Saul repeats this phrase as if he is trying to convince himself.

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• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/saul
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/clean
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jesse