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.”
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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.”
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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.
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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'
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Passages linked to 1 Chronicles 21:23 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Samuel 24:22-23 Araunah said to David, “Let my lord the king take and offer up what seems good to him. Behold, the cattle for the burnt offering, and the threshing instruments and the yokes of the oxen for the wood. All this, O king, does Araunah give to the king.” Araunah said to the king, “May Yahweh your God accept you.”
- 1 Samuel 6:14 The cart came into the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh, and stood there, where there was a great stone. Then they split the wood of the cart and offered up the cows for a burnt offering to Yahweh.
- Genesis 23:4-6 “I am a stranger and a foreigner living with you. Give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.” The children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him, “Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the best of our tombs. None of us will withhold from you his tomb. Bury your dead.”
- 1 Kings 19:21 He returned from following him, and took the yoke of oxen, and killed them, and boiled their meat with the instruments of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they ate. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and served him.
- Isaiah 28:27-28 For the dill are not threshed with a sharp instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned over the cumin; but the dill is beaten out with a stick, and the cumin with a rod. Bread flour must be ground; so he will not always be threshing it. Although he drives the wheel of his threshing cart over it, his horses don’t grind it.
- Jeremiah 32:8 “So Hanamel my uncle’s son came to me in the court of the guard according to Yahweh’s word, and said to me, ‘Please buy my field that is in Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is yours, and the redemption is yours. Buy it for yourself.’ “Then I knew that this was Yahweh’s word.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ch 21:23 And Ornan said unto David, Take [it]…
1Ch 21:23 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.
Ver. 23. Lo, I give thee the oxen also.] Wherewith he was treading out the corn, as Deu 25:4.
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I give it all.] He was the more free and forward in his offer, so to expedite the business for the staying of the plague, whereof he and his sons were afraid, and hid themselves.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain I give thee . . . the threshing instruments…
I give thee . . . the threshing instruments for wood--that is, to burn the sacrifice of the oxen. Very little real import--the haste and the value of the present offered--can be understood in this country. The offering was made for instant use. Ornan, hereby hoping to terminate the pestilence without a moment's delay, "gave all," oxen, the large threshing machine, and the wheat.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 23. the meat offering] R.V. the meal offering; cp.…
23. the meat offering] R.V. the meal offering; cp. Lev_2:1-16.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (23) Take it to thee.—Comp. Gen_23:11.
(23) Take it to thee.—Comp. Gen_23:11.
Let my lord the king do.—Samuel, “offer.” In the Hebrew only one letter is different; and the word “do” may have the meaning “offer,” as in Greek (Comp. Exo_29:38.)
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I give thee.—Not in Samuel; an exegetical addition.
For burnt offerings.—For the burnt offerings. Samuel has the singular.
The threshing instruments, or drags. 1Ch_20:3 a different word. See Isa_41:15 and 2Sa_24:22, the only other places where this word (môraq) occurs. Samuel adds, “And the instruments (yokes) of the oxen.”
For wood.—For the wood (Gen_22:7).
And the wheat for the meat offering.—Not in Samuel, but probably part of the oldest text of this narrative.
I give it all.—The whole I have given. Samuel (Heb.), “The whole hath Araunah given, O king to the king.” The rest of 2Sa_24:23 is here omitted; “And Araunah said unto the king, The Lord thy God accept thee.”
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Ornan"s offer to David of the threshing-floor and all…
Ornan"s offer to David of the threshing-floor and all its belongings, as a gift, reminds of Ephron"s offer to Abraham. (Gen_23:11) Ornan"s prompt offer of gift was, perhaps, all the prompter from the desire to render every assistance to the staying of the plague. For burnt offerings for the meat offering. The whole code of regulations for offerings sin offering, trespass offering, peace offering, burnt offering, meat and drink offering is to be found in Leviticus 1-7. As regards the burnt offering, see Lev 1:6:8-13. It was called hlO, from its "ascending" accepted to heaven, or else from its being put up or raised up (Hiph. conjugation) on the altar; and sometimes lyliK from being "wholly" consumed. The sin and trespass offerings were for special sins, but this was of a more comprehensive kind and of much greater dignity, as standing for the "purging of the conscience." The entire consuming of the sacrifice signified the unqualified self-surrender of him who brought the sacrifice. It was a voluntary offering, the offerer laid his hand on the head of the victim, and the blood of the victim was sprinkled round about the altar. The meat offering (hjnmi) is fully described in Leviticus it.; 6:14-23. It was an offering without blood, and therefore was an accompaniment of an offering of blood. It was composed of flour or cakes, prepared with salt, oil, and frank-incense the salt emblematic of non-decay; the oil, of spiritual grace; and the frankincense, of acceptable fragrance. A portion of this offering was to be burnt, and a portion eaten by the priests in the court, unless it was for a priest himself, when all must be burnt. Meantime a drink offering of wine was, in fact, a part of the meat offering itself (Exo_29:40, 41 Lev_23:13; Num_15:4-7, Num_15:9, Num_15:10) The material of the meat offering might be the green or fresh-gathered ears of corn. The Septuagint translates dw~ron; Luther, speis-opfer; and it need scarcely be said that our Authorized Version meat offering exhibits only the generic employment of the word "meat" for food.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Take it as your own
Take it as your own
This implies that David should take the land without paying for it. AT: "Take it as a gift" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
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what is good in your sight
David's understanding is described as his sight. AT: "whatever you decide to do with it" (See: Metonymy)
threshing sledges
These are wooden sleds with rocks or metal fitted underneath, dragged by oxen over the grain on the threshing floor to separate the grain from its stalks. (See: Translate Unknowns)
full price
See how you translated this in 1 Chronicles 21:22.
translationWords
lord
king
cow
burnt offering
thresh
grain offering
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