1 Chronicles 21:27

27 Then the LORD spoke to the angel, and he put his sword back into its sheath.

1 Chronicles 21:27 in Other Translations

KJV
27 And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.
ESV
27 Then the LORD commanded the angel, and he put his sword back into its sheath.
NLT
27 Then the LORD spoke to the angel, who put the sword back into its sheath.
MSG
27 Then God told the angel to put his sword back into its scabbard.
CSB
27 Then the Lord spoke to the angel, and he put his sword back into its sheath.

1 Chronicles 21:27 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 21:27

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 21:1).

1 Chronicles 21:27 In-Context

25 So David paid Araunah six hundred shekels of gold for the site.
26 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 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 had answered him on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite, he offered sacrifices there.
29 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.
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