Verse 18
1 Chronicles 21:18
World English Bible, British Edition
18
Then the LORD’s angel commanded Gad to tell David that David
should go up and raise an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וּ/מַלְאַ֧ךְ יְהוָ֛ה אָמַ֥ר אֶל גָּ֖ד לֵ/אמֹ֣ר לְ/דָוִ֑יד כִּ֣י יַעֲלֶ֣ה דָוִ֗יד לְ/הָקִ֤ים מִזְבֵּ֨חַ֙ לַ/יהוָ֔ה בְּ/גֹ֖רֶן אָרְנָ֥ן הַ/יְבֻסִֽי
English Translation
And the angel of the LORD said to Gad to say to David that David shall go up to establish an altar to the LORD in the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
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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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2
David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, “Go, count Israel
from Beersheba even to Dan; a...
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3
Joab said, “May the LORD make his people a hundred times as many
as they are. But, my lord the king,...
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4
Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Therefore
Joab departed and went throughout all...
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5
Joab gave the sum of the census of the people to David. All those of
Israel were one million one hun...
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6
But he didn’t count Levi and Benjamin amongst them, for the king’s word
was abominable to Joab.
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7
God (Elohim) was displeased with this thing; therefore he struck Israel.
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8
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
The LORD spoke to Gad, David’s seer, saying,
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10
“Go and speak to David, saying, ‘The LORD says, “I offer you three
things. Choose one of them, that...
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11
So Gad came to David and said to him, “The LORD says, ‘Take
your choice:
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12
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
the LORD’s hand, for his mercies are...
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14
So the LORD 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,
the LORD saw, and...
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16
David lifted up his eyes, and saw the LORD’s angel standing between
earth and the sky, having a draw...
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17
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 the LORD’s angel commanded Gad to tell David that David
should go up and raise an altar to the...
19
David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spoke in the LORD’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 w...
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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, “Sell me the place of this threshing
floor, that I may build an altar to t...
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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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26
David built an altar to the LORD there, and offered burnt offerings
and peace offerings, and called...
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27
Then The LORD commanded the angel, and he put his sword back
into its sheath.
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28
At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him
in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebu...
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29
For the LORD’s tabernacle, which Moses made in the wilderness, and
the altar of burnt offering, were...
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30
But David couldn’t go before it to enquire of God (Elohim), for he was afraid
because of the sword o...
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