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1 Chronicles 21:20

Ornan

18 Then the angel of the LORD ordered Gad to tell David to go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

19 So David went up at the word that Gad had spoken in the name of the LORD.

Now Ornan was threshing wheat when he turned and saw the angel; and his four sons who were with him hid themselves.

21 David came to Ornan, and when Ornan looked out and saw David, he left the threshing floor and bowed facedown before David.

22 Then David said to Ornan, “Grant me the site of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar to the LORD. Sell it to me for the full price, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”

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BSB
Now Ornan was threshing wheat when he turned and saw the angel; and his four sons who were with him hid themselves.
KJV
And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.
WEB
Ornan turned back and saw the angel; and his four sons who were with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.
ASV
And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons that were with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.
DARBY
And Ornan turned back and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.
BLB
And Ornan turned and saw the angel. And his four sons with him hid themselves, and Ornan was threshing wheat.
ÅB
Da nå Ornan vendte seg om, fikk han se engelen, og hans fire sønner, som var med ham, skjulte seg; Ornan holdt just på med å treske hvete.
OTB
Ornan snudde seg og så engelen,
og hans fire sønner som var med ham gjemte seg.
Ornan tresket hvete.
B1930
Da nu Ornan vendte sig om, fikk han se engelen, og hans fire sønner, som var med ham, skjulte sig; Ornan holdt just på med å treske hvete.

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  • Judges 6:11

    Then the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.

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