Verse 24
1 Chronicles 21:24
New Living Translation
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But King David replied to Araunah, “No, I insist on buying it for the full price. I will not take what is yours and give it to the LORD. I will not present burnt offerings that have cost me nothing!”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר הַ/מֶּ֤לֶךְ דָּוִיד֙ לְ/אָרְנָ֔ן לֹ֕א כִּֽי קָנֹ֥ה אֶקְנֶ֖ה בְּ/כֶ֣סֶף מָלֵ֑א כִּ֠י לֹא אֶשָּׂ֤א אֲשֶׁר לְ/ךָ֙ לַ/יהוָ֔ה וְ/הַעֲל֥וֹת עוֹלָ֖ה חִנָּֽם
English Translation
And King David said to Arunah, "No, for I will certainly buy it for a full price; for I will not offer to the Lord that which costs me nothing."
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Chapter 21 Context
1
Satan rose up against Israel and caused David to take a census of the people of Israel.
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So David said to Joab and the commanders of the army, “Take a census of all the people of Israel — f...
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But Joab replied, “May the LORD increase the number of his people a hundred times over! But why, my...
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4
But the king insisted that they take the census, so Joab traveled throughout all Israel to count the...
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and reported the number of people to David. There were 1,100,000 warriors in all Israel who could ha...
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But Joab did not include the tribes of Levi and Benjamin in the census because he was so distressed...
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God (Elohim) was very displeased with the census, and he punished Israel for it.
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8
Then David said to God (Elohim), “I have sinned greatly by taking this census. Please forgive my gui...
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9
Then the LORD spoke to Gad, David’s seer. This was the message:
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10
“Go and say to David, ‘This is what the LORD says: I will give you three choices. Choose one of thes...
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11
So Gad came to David and said, “These are the choices the LORD has given you.
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12
You may choose three years of famine, three months of destruction by the sword of your enemies, or t...
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13
“I’m in a desperate situation!” David replied to Gad. “But let me fall into the hands of the LORD, f...
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14
So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel, and 70,000 people died as a result.
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15
And God (Elohim) sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem. But just as the angel was preparing to destroy...
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16
David looked up and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth with his sword drawn...
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17
And David said to God (Elohim), “I am the one who called for the census! I am the one who has sinned...
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18
Then the angel of the LORD told Gad to instruct David to go up and build an altar to the LORD on the...
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19
So David went up to do what the LORD had commanded him through Gad.
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20
Araunah, who was busy threshing wheat at the time, turned and saw the angel there. His four sons, wh...
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21
When Araunah saw David approaching, he left his threshing floor and bowed before David with his face...
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22
David said to Araunah, “Let me buy this threshing floor from you at its full price. Then I will buil...
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23
“Take it, my lord the king, and use it as you wish,” Araunah said to David. “I will give the oxen fo...
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24
But King David replied to Araunah, “No, I insist on buying it for the full price. I will not take wh...
25
So David gave Araunah 600 pieces of gold in payment for the threshing floor.
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26
David built an altar there to the LORD and sacrificed burnt offerings and peace offerings. And when...
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27
Then the LORD spoke to the angel, who put the sword back into its sheath.
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28
When David saw that the LORD had answered his prayer, he offered sacrifices there at Araunah’s thres...
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29
At that time the Tabernacle of the LORD and the altar of burnt offering that Moses had made in the w...
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30
But David was not able to go there to inquire of God (Elohim), because he was terrified by the drawn...
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