2 Samuel 24:24 Cross References - LEB

²⁴ Then the king said to Araunah, "No, but _⌊I will certainly buy_⌋* it from you for a price; I don't want to offer to Yahweh my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor and the cattle for fifty shekels of silver.

¹³ And he spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, "_⌊If only you will hear me_⌋*—I give the price of the field. Take it from me that I may bury my dead there."

²⁴ But King David said to Ornan, "No, for I will certainly buy it at full value; indeed, I will not take what is yours for Yahweh and offer burnt offerings for nothing." ²⁵ So David gave to Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight for the place.

¹ Then David said, "This will be the house of Yahweh God, and this altar of burnt offering for Israel."

¹² "But you are profaning it by saying the table of the Lord is defiled, and its fruit—its food*—is despised! ¹³ And you say, 'Look! This is a weariness,' and you sniff with disdain at it," says Yahweh of hosts. "And you bring the stolen, the lame, and the one that is sick—this you bring as the offering! Should I _⌊accept it_⌋* from your hand?" says Yahweh. ¹⁴ "Cursed is the one who cheats, who has in his flock a male and vows it, but instead sacrifices a blemished one to the Lord! For I am a great king," says Yahweh of hosts, "and my name is awesome among the nations."

¹⁷ Pay back no one evil for evil. Take thought for what is good in the sight of all people.