1 Chronicles 21:22-30 Parallel Bible Translations

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22	David said to Ornan, \|Sell me the threshing floor so I can build on it an altar for the LORD--I'll pay top price--so that the plague may be removed from the people.\|	And David said to Ornan, “Give me the site of the threshing floor that I may build on it an altar to the LORD—give it to me at its full price—that the plague may be averted from the people.”	David said to him, “Let me have the site of your threshing floor so I can build an altar to the LORD, that the plague on the people may be stopped. Sell it to me at the full price.”
23	Ornan told David, \|You can have it! My master, the king, may do what he wants. Look, I am giving you the oxen for burnt sacrifices, the threshing sledges for wood, and the wheat for an offering. I give it all to you.\|	Then Ornan said to David, “Take it, and let my lord the king do what seems good to him. See, I give the oxen for burnt offerings and the threshing sledges for the wood and the wheat for a grain offering; I give it all.”	Araunah said to David, “Take it! Let my lord the king do whatever pleases him. Look, I will give the oxen for the burnt offerings, the threshing sledges for the wood, and the wheat for the grain offering. I will give all this.”
24	King David replied to Ornan, \|No, I insist on buying it for top price. I will not offer to the LORD what belongs to you or offer a burnt sacrifice that cost me nothing.	But King David said to Ornan, “No, but I will buy them for the full price. I will not take for the LORD what is yours, nor offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”	But King David replied to Araunah, “No, I insist on paying the full price. I will not take for the LORD what is yours, or sacrifice a burnt offering that costs me nothing.”
25	So David bought the place from Ornan for 600 pieces of gold.	So David paid Ornan 600 shekels of gold by weight for the site.	So David paid Araunah six hundred shekels of gold for the site.
26	David built there an altar to the LORD and offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings. He called out to the LORD, and the LORD responded by sending fire from the sky and consuming the burnt sacrifice on the altar.	And David built there an altar to the LORD and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings and called on the LORD, and the LORD answered him with fire from heaven upon the altar of burnt offering.	David built an altar to the LORD there and sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. He called on the LORD, and the LORD answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.
27	The LORD ordered the messenger to put his sword back into its sheath.	Then the LORD commanded the angel, and he put his sword back into its sheath.	Then the LORD spoke to the angel, and he put his sword back into its sheath.
28	At that time, when David saw that the LORD responded to him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he sacrificed there.	At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he sacrificed there.	At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite, he offered sacrifices there.
29	Now the LORD's tabernacle (which Moses had made in the wilderness) and the altar for burnt sacrifices were at that time at the worship center in Gibeon.	For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering were at that time in the high place at Gibeon,	The tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering were at that time on the high place at Gibeon.
30	But David could not go before it to seek God's will, for he was afraid of the sword of the LORD's messenger.	but David could not go before it to inquire of God, for he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the LORD.	But David could not go before it to inquire of God, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
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