And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the Lord commanded. ] From the place where he was in a lower part of the city to Mount Moriah, on which was the threshing floor, a place fit for winnowing corn when threshed.
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And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said , Lo, I have sinned , and I have done wickedly : but these sheep, what have they done ? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house.
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And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up , rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.
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And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the LORD commanded .
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And Araunah looked , and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out , and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground.
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And Araunah said , Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said , To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.