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Araunah said to David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seems good to him: behold, the oxen for the burnt offering, and the threshing instruments and the yokes of the oxen for the wood:
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An Unhesitating Gift
Commentators note Araunah's immediate and unhesitating generosity. Upon hearing David's need, he instantly offers not just the location but everything required for the sacrifice: the oxen, the threshing instruments, and the yokes. This models a spirit of wholehearted and immediate giving for the purposes of worship.
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2 Samuel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Here are oxen - This refers to the oxen that were at that very time threshing the grain on Araunah’s threshing floor ([Reference 1 Chronicle…
19th Century
Anglican
And Araunah said. —Araunah, having heard David’s errand, has not a moment’s hesitation. That his threshing-floor is to be…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Araunah said unto David, let my lord the king take and offer up what [seemeth] good unto him
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God's encouraging us to offer spiritual sacrifices to him is evidence of his reconciling us to himself. David purchased the ground to build the alt…
