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Then the angel of Yahweh commanded Gad to tell David, that David should go up, and raise an altar to Yahweh in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
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An Altar of Reconciliation
The command to build an altar is highlighted by commentators as a "blessed sign of reconciliation." In the midst of judgment for David's sin, God Himself provides the specific instructions for atonement. This demonstrates that God is not just a consuming fire of judgment, but a reconciled God who makes a way for His people to return to Him.
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1 Chronicles
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18th Century
Presbyterian
It has been observed that angels are presented as intermediaries between God and the prophets only in later books. This is undoubtedly true, and it…
19th Century
Anglican
Then the angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say to David. —Rather, Now the angel had told Gad to tell David. In Samuel, t…
Baptist
Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of O…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 21:1).
No mention is made in this book of David's sin in the matter of Uriah, nor of the troubles that followed it, for they had no necessary connection w…
