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22 And David said to Ornan, “Grant me the place of the threshing floor, that I may build on it an altar to YHWH. At the full price you shall grant it to me, that the plague may be withdrawn from the people.” 23 And Ornan said to David, “Take it to yourself, and let my lord the king do good in his eyes. See, I give you the oxen for burnt offerings, and the threshing sledges for wood, and the wheat for the grain offering; all I have given.” 24 And King David said to Ornan, “No, but I will surely buy it for the full price; for I will not take what is yours for YHWH, so as to offer a burnt offering without cost.” 25 And David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight. 26 And David built there an altar to YHWH, and he offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and he called to YHWH. And He answered him by fire from the heavens on the altar of the burnt offering. 27 And YHWH commanded the angel, and he returned his sword to its sheath. 28 At that time David saw that YHWH had answered him on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, and he sacrificed there. 29 For the tabernacle of YHWH, which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that time at the high place in Gibeon. 30 David could not go before it to inquire of God, for he was afraid of the sword of the angel of YHWH. 1 Chronicles 21:22-30, Berean Literal Bible. Public domain.
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