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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Tanach: 1_Samuel 20: 26 Nevertheless Saul spoke not any thing that day; for he thought: 'Something hath befallen him, he is unclean; surely he is not clean.'
1_Samuel 20: 27 And it came to pass on the morrow after the new moon, which was the second day, that David's place was empty; and Saul said unto Jonathan his son: 'Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to the meal, neither yesterday, nor to-day?'
1_Samuel 20: 28 And Jonathan answered Saul: 'David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem;
1_Samuel 20: 29 and he said: Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me; and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he is not come unto the king's table.'
1_Samuel 20: 30 Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him: 'Thou son of perverse rebellion, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own shame, and unto the shame of thy mother's nakedness?
1_Samuel 20: 31 For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the earth, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he deserveth to die.'
1_Samuel 20: 32 And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him: 'Wherefore should he be put to death? what hath he done?'
1_Samuel 20: 33 And Saul cast his spear at him to smite him; whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to put David to death.
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