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And kingDavidsaid to Ornan, Nay; but I will verilybuy it for the fullprice: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.
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So Davidgave to Ornan for the placesixhundredshekels of gold by weight.
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And Davidbuilt there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.
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And the LORDcommanded the angel; and he put up his swordagain into the sheath thereof.
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At that time when Davidsaw that the LORD had answered him in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.
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For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Mosesmade in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season in the high place at Gibeon.
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But Davidcould not gobefore it to enquire of God: for he was afraidbecause of the sword of the angel of the LORD.