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The LORD's messenger ordered Gad to tell David that he should go up to the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite in order to set up an altar for the LORD.
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So David went up, following the instructions Gad had delivered in the LORD's name.
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Ornan turned around and saw the king. His four sons who were with him hid themselves, but Ornan continued threshing wheat.
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When David approached Ornan, Ornan looked up, recognized David, left the threshing floor, and bowed to David with his face to the ground.
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David said to Ornan, "Give me the site of the threshing floor, charging me full price, so that I may build an altar to the LORD, and the plague among the people may come to an end."