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1 Chronicles 21:23

DavidOrnan
Generosity

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.”

Ornan said to David, “My lord the king may take whatever seems good. Look, I will give the oxen for the burnt offerings, the threshing sledges for the wood, and the wheat for the grain offering—I will give it all.”

24 “No,” replied King David, “I insist on paying the full price, for I will not take for the LORD what belongs to you, nor will I offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”

25 So David paid Ornan six hundred shekels of gold for the site.

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BSB
Ornan said to David, “My lord the king may take whatever seems good. Look, I will give the oxen for the burnt offerings, the threshing sledges for the wood, and the wheat for the grain offering—I will give it all.”
KJV
And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering; I give it all.
WEB
Ornan said to David, “Take it for yourself, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes. Behold, I give the oxen for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meal offering. I give it all.”
ASV
And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give [thee] the oxen for burnt-offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meal-offering; I give it all.
DARBY
And Ornan said to David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his sight: see, I give the oxen for the burnt-offering, and the threshing-sledges for wood, and the wheat for the oblation; I give it all.
BLB
And Ornan said to David, “Take [it] to yourself, and let my lord the king do good in his eyes. See, I give [you] the oxen for burnt offerings, and the threshing sledges for wood, and the wheat for the grain offering; all I have given.”
ÅB
Da sa Ornan til David: Ta det bare! Min herre kongen må gjøre hva han finner for godt! Her gir jeg deg oksene til brennofferne og treskesledene til ved og hveten til matofferet; alt sammen gir jeg som gave.
OTB
Men Ornan sa til David:
"Ta det for deg selv;
og måtte min herre kongen gjøre det som er godt i hans øyne.
Se, jeg vil gi oksene til brennoffer,
treskesledene til ved,
og hveten til grødeoffer; jeg vil gi alt."
B1930
Da sa Ornan til David: Ta det bare! Min herre kongen må gjøre hvad han finner for godt! Her gir jeg dig oksene til brennofferne og treskesledene til ved og hveten til matofferet; alt sammen gir jeg som gave.

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Cross references

  • 2 Samuel 24:22–23

    Araunah said to David, “My lord the king may take whatever seems good and offer it up. Here are the oxen for a burnt offering and the threshing sledges and ox yokes for the wood.

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  • 1 Samuel 6:14

    The cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh and stopped there near a large rock. The people chopped up the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD.

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  • Genesis 23:4–6

    “I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”

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  • Jeremiah 32:8

    Then, as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and urged me, ‘Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you own the right of inheritance and redemption. Buy it for yourself.’” Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.

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  • Isaiah 28:27–28

    Surely caraway is not threshed with a sledge, and the wheel of a cart is not rolled over the cumin. But caraway is beaten out with a stick, and cumin with a rod.

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  • 1 Kings 19:21

    So Elisha turned back from him, took his pair of oxen, and slaughtered them. With the oxen’s equipment, he cooked the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow and serve Elijah.

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