Verse 22
1 Chronicles 21:22
World English Bible
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Then David said to Ornan, “Give me the place of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar to Yahweh on it. You shall sell it to me for the full price, that the plague may be stopped from afflicting the people.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֜יד אֶל אָרְנָ֗ן תְּנָ/ה לִּ/י֙ מְק֣וֹם הַ/גֹּ֔רֶן וְ/אֶבְנֶה בּ֥/וֹ מִזְבֵּ֖חַ לַ/יהוָ֑ה בְּ/כֶ֤סֶף מָלֵא֙ תְּנֵ֣/הוּ לִ֔/י וְ/תֵעָצַ֥ר הַ/מַּגֵּפָ֖ה מֵ/עַ֥ל הָ/עָֽם
English Translation
And David said to Arunah, "Give me the place of the threshing floor, and I will build an altar there to the LORD; for the full price give it to me, that the plague may be restrained from the people."
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Chapter 21 Context
1
Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to take a census of Israel.
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David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, “Go, count Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; a...
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Joab said, “May Yahweh make his people a hundred times as many as they are. But, my lord the king, a...
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Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Therefore Joab departed, and went throughout al...
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Joab gave up the sum of the census of the people to David. All those of Israel were one million one...
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But he didn’t count Levi and Benjamin among them; for the king’s word was abominable to Joab.
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God (Elohim) was displeased with this thing; therefore he struck Israel.
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David said to God (Elohim), “I have sinned greatly, in that I have done this thing. But now put away...
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9
Yahweh spoke to Gad, David’s seer, saying,
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“Go and speak to David, saying, ‘Yahweh says, “I offer you three things. Choose one of them, that I...
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So Gad came to David, and said to him, “Yahweh says, ‘Take your choice:
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either three years of famine; or three months to be consumed before your foes, while the sword of yo...
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13
David said to Gad, “I am in distress. Let me fall, I pray, into Yahweh’s hand; for his mercies are v...
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14
So Yahweh sent a pestilence on Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell.
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15
God (Elohim) sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. As he was about to destroy, Yahweh saw, and h...
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David lifted up his eyes, and saw Yahweh’s angel standing between earth and the sky, having a drawn...
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David said to God (Elohim), “Isn’t it I who commanded the people to be counted? It is even I who hav...
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18
Then Yahweh’s angel commanded Gad to tell David that David should go up and raise an altar to Yahweh...
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19
David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spoke in Yahweh’s name.
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20
Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons who were with him hid themselves. Now Ornan...
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21
As David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshing floor, and bowed h...
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22
Then David said to Ornan, “Give me the place of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar to Y...
23
Ornan said to David, “Take it for yourself, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his ey...
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24
King David said to Ornan, “No; but I will most certainly buy it for the full price. For I will not t...
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25
So David gave to Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight for the place.
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David built an altar to Yahweh there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called on...
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27
Then Yahweh commanded the angel, and he put his sword back into its sheath.
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At that time, when David saw that Yahweh had answered him in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusi...
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For Yahweh’s tabernacle, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering, were a...
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But David couldn’t go before it to inquire of God (Elohim); for he was afraid because of the sword o...
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