1 Chronicles 21:20-21
Ornan <0771> [And Ornan, etc. or,]
When Ornan turned back and saw the angel, then he, and his four sons with him, hid themselves.
David ......... David .......... bowed ... David <07812 01732> [bowed himself.]
1 Chronicles 21:25
1 Chronicles 21:28
1 Chronicles 21:18
messenger <04397> [the angel.]
David <01732> [that David.]
1 Chronicles 21:15
Jerusalem <03389> [unto Jerusalem.]
doing ....... relented .... judgment <05162 07451> [repented him.]
enough <07227> [It is enough.]
Ornan <0771> [Ornan.]
[Araunah.]
1 Chronicles 21:22-24
Sell .................. pay <05414> [Grant. Heb. Give.]
Sell .................. pay <05414> [thou shalt grant.]
plague <04046> [that the plague.]
have .... master <03947 0113> [Take it.]
oxen <01241> [the oxen.]
insist .... it <07069> [Nay.]
<05375> [for I will not.]
It is a maxim from heaven, "Honour the Lord with thy substance." He who has a religion that costs him nothing, has a religion that is worth nothing; nor will any man esteem the ordinances of God, if those ordinances cost him nothing. Had Araunah's noble offer been accepted, it would have been Araunah's sacrifice, not David's; nor would it have answered the end of turning away the displeasure of the Most High. It was David that sinned, not Araunah; therefore David must offer sacrifice.
