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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When David saw the angel that killed the people, he said to the Lord, "I am the one who sinned and did wrong. These people only followed me like sheep. They did nothing wrong. Please punish me and my family."
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That day Gad came to David and said, "Go and build an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite."
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So David did what Gad told him to do, just as the Lord commanded.
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Araunah looked and saw the king and his servants coming to him. So he went out and bowed facedown on the ground before the king.
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He said, "Why has my master the king come to me?" David answered, "To buy the threshing floor from you so I can build an altar to the Lord. Then the terrible disease will stop."