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1 Chronicles 21:24

DavidOrnan
GenerosityPraise and worshipIntegrityMoney and wealth

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.

23 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.

And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.

25 So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.

26 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.

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BSB
“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.”
KJV
And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.
WEB
King David said to Ornan, “No, but I will most certainly buy it for the full price. For I will not take that which is yours for the LORD, nor offer a burnt offering that costs me nothing.”
ASV
And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for Jehovah, nor offer a burnt-offering without cost.
DARBY
And king David said to Ornan, No; but I will in any case buy [them] for the full money; for I will not take that which is thine for Jehovah, to offer up a burnt-offering without cost.
BLB
And King David said to Ornan, “No, but I will surely buy [it] for the full price; for I will not take what is yours for YHWH, so as to offer a burnt offering without cost.”
ÅB
Men kong David svarte: Nei, jeg vil kjøpe det for full pris; jeg vil ikke ta til Herren det som ditt er, og ofre brennoffere som jeg har fått for intet.
OTB
Men kong David sa til Ornan:
"Nei, men jeg vil kjøpe det for full pris;
for jeg vil ikke ta det som er ditt for Herren,
heller ikke ofre et brennoffer som ikke koster meg noe."
B1930
Men kong David svarte: Nei, jeg vil kjøpe det for full pris; jeg vil ikke ta til Herren det som ditt er, og ofre brennoffere som jeg har fått for intet.

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  • Deuteronomy 16:16–17

    Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:

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  • Genesis 23:13

    And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.

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  • Genesis 14:23

    That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:

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  • Malachi 1:12–14

    But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.

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