970 - David builds an altar on the Jebusite’s threshing floor.

David builds an altar on the Jebusite’s threshing floor.


The angel, of the Lord, told GAD …to instruct David, to go up, and build an altar, to the Lord, on the threshing floor, of Araunah, the Jebusite. 


So, David went up, to do …what the Lord had commanded him, through GAD. 


Araunah, who was busy threshing wheat, at the time, turned and saw the angel there. 


His four sons, who were with him, ran away, and hid. 


When Araunah saw David …approaching, he left his threshing floor, and bowed, before David, with his face, to the ground. 


David said, to Araunah, 


“Let me buy this threshing floor, from you, at its full price. 


Then, I will build an altar, to the Lord, there, so that He will stop the plague.” 


“Take it, my lord, the king, and use it, as you wish,” Araunah said, to David. 


“I will give the oxen, for the burnt offerings, and the threshing boards, for wood, to build a fire, on the altar, and the wheat, for the grain offering. 


I will give it all, to you.” 


But, King David replied, to Araunah, 


“No, I insist on buying it, for the full price. 


I will not take what is yours, and give it, to the Lord. 


I will not present burnt offerings, that have cost me nothing!” 


So, David gave, Araunah, 600 pieces of gold, in payment, for the threshing floor. 


David built an altar, there, to the Lord, and sacrificed, burnt offerings, and peace offerings. 


And, when David prayed, the Lord answered him, by sending fire, from heaven, to burn up, the offering, on the altar. 


Then, the Lord spoke, to the angel, who put the sword back, into its sheath. 


When David saw, that the Lord had answered his prayer, he offered sacrifices, there, at Araunah’s threshing floor. 


At that time, the Tabernacle, of the Lord, and the altar, of burnt offering, that Moses had made, in the wilderness, …were located, at the place of worship, in Gibeon. 


But, David was not able, to go there, to inquire of God, because he was terrified, by the drawn sword, of the angel, of the Lord. 

 

Then, David said, 


“This will be the location, for the Temple, of the Lord, God, and the place, of the altar, for Israel’s burnt offerings!” 


1 Chronicles 21:18–22:1 (NLT)


Praise be to God!


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