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So David paid Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight for the site.
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David built there an altar to the Lord and presented burnt offerings and offerings of well-being. He called upon the Lord, and he answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.
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Then the Lord commanded the angel, and he put his sword back into its sheath.
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At that time, when David saw that the Lord had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he made his sacrifices there.
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For the tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering were at that time in the high place at Gibeon;
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but David could not go before it to inquire of God, for he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the Lord.
Excepting the three last verses, is contained in 2Sa 24:1-25 with some few variations, which are there observed; see the notes there. 18894-950102-2025-1Ch21.2
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