1 Chronicles 21:22-24
Grant Heb. Give, 1Kgs 21:2 thou shalt grant 2Sam 24:21 that the plague Num 16:48, Num 25:8 Take it Gen 23:4-6; 2Sam 24:22-23; Jer 32:8 the oxen 1Sam 6:14; 1Kgs 19:21; Isa 28:27-28 Nay Gen 14:23, Gen 23:13; Deut 16:16-17; Mal 1:12-14; Rom 12:17 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.
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