Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Chronicles 21:25
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So David paid Ornan six hundred shekels of gold for the site.
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So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.
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So David gave to Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight for the place.
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So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.
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1 Chronicles 21
23 Ornan said to David, “Take it! May my lord the king do whatever seems good to him. 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.
26 And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. He called upon the LORD, who answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.
27 Then the LORD spoke to the angel, who put his sword back into its sheath.
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