Exodus 25:30 establishes the table of showbread — the holy bread David ate — highlighting its sacred origin.

Leviticus 24:5-9 gives the law restricting showbread to priests, the very restriction David bypassed with priestly permission.

Leviticus 24:9 explicitly states the showbread belongs only to Aaron and his sons — the legal restriction Jesus notes was set aside for David.

Leviticus 22:10 restricts holy bread to priests – the very law David broke, highlighting the exception Jesus uses.

1 Samuel 21:4 records the priest’s reply about the holy bread – the specific dialogue Jesus references.

1 Samuel 21:6 tells that the priest gave David the consecrated bread – the action Jesus cites.

Luke 6:3 records the same question Jesus asked about David – a parallel account of this event.

Exodus 40:23 records Moses setting the showbread on the table – the original institution of the bread David later ate.