1 Chronicles 21:24-26

The Voice

David: ²⁴No, I must buy it for the full price. I will not give your possessions to the Eternal as if they were my own, nor will I give a burnt offering which costs me nothing. I must sacrifice something for this offering.

²⁵So David paid Ornan 15 pounds of gold by weight for the property. ²⁶There David built an altar to the Eternal, sacrificed burnt offerings, and gave peace offerings. David requested His presence, and He accepted the altar and sacrifices by sending fire from heaven onto the altar of burnt offering.

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