1 Chronicles 21:24

New English Translation

²⁴King David replied to Ornan, “No, I insist on buying it for top price.^[a] I will not offer to the Lord what belongs to you or offer a burnt sacrifice^[b] that cost me nothing.^[c]

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1 Chronicles 21:24 tn Heb “No, for buying I will buy for full silver.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.
1 Chronicles 21:24 tc The parallel text in 2 Sam 24:24 has the plural “burnt sacrifices.”
1 Chronicles 21:24 tn Or “without [paying] compensation.”

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