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1 Chronicles 21:20

Ornan

18 Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

19 And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the LORD.

And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.

21 And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.

22 Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people.

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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

    And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abi-ezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.

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