Exodus 21
1 ଏହାପରେ ପରମେଶ୍ବର ମାଶାଙ୍କେୁ କହିଲେ, ଏଗୁଡିକ ହେଉଛି ଅନ୍ଯାନ୍ଯ ବ୍ଯବସ୍ଥା ତୁମ୍ଭେ ଲୋକମାନଙ୍କୁ ଜଣାଇବ।
2 ଯଦି ତୁମ୍ଭେ ଜଣେ ଏବ୍ରୀଯ କ୍ରୀତଦାସ ନିଅ, ତବେେ ସେ ଛଅ ବର୍ଷ ତୁମ୍ଭର ସବୋ କରିବ। ସପ୍ତମ ବର୍ଷ ରେ ସେ ମୁକ୍ତ ହାଇଯେିବ। ତାକୁ ଆଉ କିଛି ମୂଲ୍ଯ ଦବୋକୁ ପଡିବ ନାହିଁ।
3 ଯଦି ସହେି ଲୋକ ଜଣଙ୍କ ବିବାହିତ ନ ହାଇେଥାଏ, ତବେେ ସେ ଏକାକୀ ୟିବ ଓ ଯଦି ସେ ବିବାହିତ ହାଇେଥାଏ ତବେେ ସେ ମୁକ୍ତ ହବୋ ସମୟରେ ତା'ର ସ୍ତ୍ରୀକୁ ସାଙ୍ଗ ରେ ନଇୟିବେ।
4 ଯଦି ତା'ର ମୁନିବ ତାକୁ ବିବାହ କରି ଦଇେଥାଏ, ଯଦି ସହେି ସ୍ତ୍ରୀଠାରୁ ପୁତ୍ରକନ୍ଯା ଜନ୍ମ ହାଇେଥାଏ, ତବେେ ତା'ର ସ୍ତ୍ରୀ ଓ ପୁତ୍ର କନ୍ଯା ଉପରେ ଅଧିକାର ରହିବ। ଏବଂ ଛଅ ବର୍ଷପରେ ତାକୁ ମୁକ୍ତ କରାୟିବ।
5 ମାତ୍ର ଏପରି ହାଇପୋ ରେ ଯେ ସେ ଦାସ କହିପା ରେ ମୁଁ ମାରେ ମୁନିବ ନିକଟରେ ରହିବି। ଯଦି ସେ କ ହେ, 'ମୁଁ ମାରେମୁନିବକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ, ମୁଁ ମାରେ ସ୍ତ୍ର, ପୁତ୍ରକନ୍ଯାକୁ ପ୍ ରମେ କରେ, ମୁଁ ମୁକ୍ତ ହବୋକୁ ଚାହୁଁ ନାହିଁ, ମୁଁ ଏଠା ରେ ରହିବି।'
6 ଯଦି ଏପରି ଘଟେ, ତବେେ ତା'ର ମୁନିବ ତାଙ୍କୁ ପରମେଶ୍ବରଙ୍କ ସମ୍ମୁଖକୁ ଆଣିବ, ତା'ର ମୁନିବ ତାକୁ କବାଟ ବା ବାଜୁବନ୍ଧ ନିକଟକୁ ଆଣି ବିନ୍ଧାଣୀ ରେ ତା'ର କାନ ବିନ୍ଧିବ, ତହିଁରେ ସେ ସଦାକାଳ ତା'ର ସବୋ କରିବ।
7 ଜଣେ ଲୋକ ତା'ର କନ୍ଯାକୁ ଦାସୀଭାବେ ବିକ୍ରଯ କରିପାରିବ, ଯଦି ଏପରି ହୁଏ, ଅନ୍ୟ ଦାସମାନେ ମୁକ୍ତ ହେଲା ପରି ସେ ମୁକ୍ତ ହାଇେ ପାରିବ ନାହିଁ।
8 ଯଦି ତା'ର ମୁନିବ ତା' ଉପରେ ସନ୍ତୁଷ୍ଟ ନୁହେଁ, ତବେେ ତା'ର ବିବାହ ଠିକ୍ କରି ନପା ରେ, ତବେେ ତାକୁ ପୁନ୍ନରାଯ ତା'ର ପିତାକୁ ବିକ୍ରଯ କରିଦଇେ ପା ରେ ତାକୁ କୌଣସି ବିଦେଶୀକୁ ସେ ବିକ୍ରଯ କରିପାରିବ ନାହିଁ, କାରଣ ସେ ତାକୁ ଅବିଶ୍ବସ୍ତ ଭାବରେ ବ୍ଯବହାର କରିଛି।
9 ଯଦି ତା'ର ମୁନିବ ତାକୁ ତା'ର ପୁତ୍ରବଧୁ କରିବାକୁ କହିଥାଏ, ତବେେ ତାକୁ ଦାସୀ ଭାପରେ ବିବଚେନା କରାୟାଇ ପାରିବ ନାହିଁ। ତାକୁ ତାଙ୍କର କନ୍ଯାପରି ବ୍ଯବହାର କରାୟିବ।
10 ଯଦି ମୁନିବ ଅନ୍ୟ ଜଣେ ସ୍ତ୍ରୀକୁ ବିବାହ କରେ, ତବେେ ସେ ପ୍ରଥମ ସ୍ତ୍ରୀକୁ କବେେ ଅସୁବିଧ ରେ ପକାଇବ ନାହିଁ। ତା'ର ବିବାହୋଚିତ କର୍ତ୍ତବ୍ଯ ଯଥା: ଖାଦ୍ୟ, ବସ୍ତ୍ ରେ ଓ ଶାରିରୀକ ସମ୍ପର୍କରୁ ବଞ୍ଚିତ କରିବ ନାହିଁ।
11 ସହେି ଲୋକ ଏହିସବୁ କର୍ତ୍ତବ୍ଯ ସମ୍ପାଦନ କରିବା ଉଚିତ୍। ଯଦି ଏଥି ରେ ସେ ତୃଟି କରେ ତବେେ ସହେି ସ୍ତ୍ରୀ ଜଣଙ୍କ ନିଜେ ବିନାମୂଲ୍ଯ ରେ ମୁକ୍ତ ହାଇଯେିବ।
12 ଯଦି ଜଣେ ବ୍ଯକ୍ତି ଅନ୍ୟ ଜଣେ ବ୍ଯକ୍ତିକୁ ଆଘାତ କରେ ଓ ହତ୍ଯାକରେ, ତବେେ ଆଘାତ କରିଥିବା ବ୍ଯକ୍ତିକୁ ମୃତ୍ଯୁଦଣ୍ଡ ଦିଆୟିବା ଉଚିତ୍।
13 ଯଦି ସେ ତାକୁ ହତ୍ଯା କରିବାକୁ ଚାହୁଁ ନଥିଲା କିନ୍ତୁ ପରମେଶ୍ବର ତାକୁ ସମର୍ପଣ କଲେ, ସେ ଯେଉଁଠାକୁ ଗଲେ ସମାନେେ ତାକୁ ଉପୟୁକ୍ତ ଜାଗା ଦବେେ।
14 କିନ୍ତୁ ଯଦି ଜଣେ ବ୍ଯକ୍ତି ଇଚ୍ଛା କରି କିମ୍ବା ରାଗ ରେ ଅନ୍ୟଜଣକୁ ହତ୍ଯା କରେ, ତବେେ ହତ୍ଯାକାରୀ ନିଶ୍ଚିତ ମୃତ୍ଯୁଦଣ୍ଡ ପାଇବ। ତାକୁ ମାରେ ୟଜ୍ଞବଦେୀ ପାଖରୁ ନଇୟୋଅ ଓ ହତ୍ଯା କର।
15 ଯଦି କୌଣସି ଲୋକ ତା'ର ପିତା କିମ୍ବା ମାତାକୁ ଆଘାତ କରେ ତବେେ ତାକୁ ମୃତ୍ଯୁଦଣ୍ଡ ଦିଆୟିବ।
16 ଯଦି ଜଣେ ବ୍ଯକ୍ତି ଅନ୍ୟ ଜଣେ ବ୍ଯକ୍ତିକୁ ଅପହରଣ କରି ବିକ୍ରଯ କରେ କିମ୍ବା ଦାସ ଭାବରେ ରେଖ, ତବେେ ତାକୁ ମୃତ୍ଯୁଦଣ୍ଡ ଦିଆୟିବା ଉଚିତ୍।
17 ଯଦି କହେି ତା'ର ପିତାମାତାଙ୍କୁ ଅଭିଶାପ ଦିଏ ତବେେ ତା'ର ମୃତ୍ଯୁଦଣ୍ଡ ହବେ।
18 ଯଦି ଦୁଇ ଲୋକ ମଧିଅରେ ବିବାଦ ଉପୁଜିବାରୁ କହେି ଅନ୍ୟକୁ ପଥର ରେ ଆଘାତ କରେ ବା ହସ୍ତ ରେ ଆଘାତ କରେ ଏବଂ ସେ ଆଘାତପ୍ରାପ୍ତ ଲୋକ ନ ମ ରେ ତବେେ ମାରିଥିବା ଲୋକକୁ ମୃତ୍ଯୁଦଣ୍ଡ ଦିଆୟିବ ନାହିଁ।
19 ଆଘାତପ୍ରାପ୍ତ ଲୋକ ଯଦି ଶୟ୍ଯାଶାଯୀ ହୁଏ ଏବଂ ବିଛଣାରୁ ଉଠିପା ରେ ଏବଂ ସେ ଆଶାବାଡି ଧରି ଚାଲିପା ରେ। ତବେେ ଆଘାତ ଦଇେଥିବା ଲୋକ ତା'ର କ୍ଷତି ଭରଣା କରିବ ଏବଂ ସେ ସମ୍ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଆରୋଗ୍ୟ ହବୋ ପର୍ୟ୍ଯନ୍ତ ତା'ର ସହାୟତା କରିବ।
20 ବେଳେ ବେଳେ ମୁନିବ ତା'ର ଦାସୀକୁ କିମ୍ବା ଦାସକୁ ମାଡ ମା ରେ, ଯଦି ଆଘାତପ୍ରାପ୍ତ ହାଇେ ଦାସଟି ମରିୟାଏ, ତବେେ ତା'ର ମୁନିବକୁ ମୃତ୍ଯୁଦଣ୍ଡ ଦିଆୟିବା ଉଚିତ୍।
21 ଯଦି ସହେି ଦାସ ମାଡ ହବୋ ଦିନଠାରୁ ଦିନେ ବା ଦୁଇ ଦିନ ବଞ୍ଚେ, ତବେେ ତାକୁ ଆଉ ଦଣ୍ଡ ଦିଆୟିବ ନାହିଁ। କାହିଁକି? କାରଣ, ମୁନିବ ତାକୁ ପଇସା ବିନିମଯ ରେ କ୍ରଯ କରିଥାଏ ଏବଂ ଦାସଟି ତା'ର ସମ୍ପୁର୍ଣ୍ଣ ନିଜର ହାଇେଥାଏ।
22 ଆଉ ପୁରୁଷମାନେ ପରସ୍ପର ବିବାଦ କରୁ କରୁ କୌଣସି ଗର୍ଭବତୀ ସ୍ତ୍ରୀକୁ ପ୍ରହାର କଲେ, ଯବେେ ତା'ର ଗର୍ଭପାତ ହୁଏ ମାତ୍ର ପରେ ତା'ର ଯଦି କ୍ଷତି ନଘଟେ. ତବେେ ସହେି ସ୍ତ୍ରୀର ସ୍ବାମୀ ଯେଉଁରୂପେ ଦାବି କରିବ ସହେି ଅନୁସାରେ ତାକୁ ଅବଶ୍ଯ ଅର୍ଥଦଣ୍ଡ ହବେ। ପୁଣି ସେ ବିଚାରକର୍ତ୍ତାମାନଙ୍କ ନିର୍ଦ୍ଧାରଣ ଅନୁସାରେ ଦବେ।
23 ଯଦି ଜଣେ ବ୍ଯକ୍ତି ଜାରେ ରେ ଆଘାତ ପ୍ରାପ୍ତ ହୁଏ, ତବେେ ଆଘାତକାରୀ ଜୀବନ ବଦଳ ରେ ଜୀବନ ଦବେ।
24 ଚକ୍ଷୁ ପରିଶାଧେ ରେ ଚକ୍ଷୁ, ହାତ ପରିଶାଧେ ରେ ହାତ, ପାଦ ପରିଶାଧେ ରେ ପାଦ,
25 ବାହୁ ପରିଶାଧେ ରେ ବାହୁ, କ୍ଷତ ପରିଶାଧେ ରେ କ୍ଷତ, ଦାଗ ପରିଶାଧେ ରେ ଦାଗ ଦଣ୍ଡ ଦିଆୟିବ।
26 ଯଦି କହେି ତା'ର ଦାସ କିମ୍ବା ଦାସୀକୁ ଆଘାତ କରିବା ସମୟରେ ତା'ର ଚକ୍ଷୁ ନଷ୍ଟ ହାଇୟୋଏ ତବେେ ତାକୁ ମୁକ୍ତ କରି ଦିଆୟିବ।
27 ଯଦି କହେି ମୁନିବ ତା'ର ଦାସର ମୁହଁ ରେ ଆଘାତ କରେ ଓ ସେ ଯଦି ତା'ର ଦାନ୍ତ ହରାଏ ତବେେ ତା'ର ଦାନ୍ତ ପାଇଁ ତାକୁ ମୁକ୍ତି କରି ଦିଆୟିବ।
28 ଯଦି କୌଣସି ଲୋକର ବଳଦ କାହାରିକୁ ମାରିଦିଏ, ତବେେ ତା'ର ମୁନିବ ଦୋଷୀ ହବୋନାହିଁ କିନ୍ତୁ ସହେି ବଳଦକୁ ପଥର ଦ୍ବାରା ମରାୟିବ ଓ ତା'ର ମାଂସ ଖିଆୟିବ ନାହିଁ।
29 ଯଦି ଆଗରୁ ପ୍ରମାଣ ଥାଏ ଯେ ସହେି ବଳଦ ଆଗରୁ କାହାରିକୁ ମାରିଛି, କିନ୍ତୁ ତା'ର ମୁନିବ ତାକୁ ବନ୍ଧି ରଖିନାହିଁ, ଯଦି ସେ କାହାରିକୁ ହତ୍ଯା କରେ ତବେେ ତା'ର ମୁନିବକୁ ମଧ୍ଯ ହତ୍ଯା କରାୟିବ।
30 ଯଦି ବିଚାରକର୍ତ୍ତଙ୍କ ନିଷ୍ପତ୍ତି ଅନୁସାରେ ସେ ଅର୍ଥ ପୈଠ କରେ ଏବଂ ମୃତ ଲୋକର କହେି ଆତ୍ମୀଯ ସହେି ଅର୍ଥକୁ ଗ୍ରହଣ କରେ ତବେେ ଆଉ ତାକୁ ମୃତ୍ଯୁ ଦଣ୍ଡ ଦିଆୟିବ ନାହିଁ।
31 ଏହି ନିଯମ ମଧ୍ଯ ବଳଦ ମାରି ଦଇେଥିବା ପୁତ୍ର, କନ୍ଯା ଏବଂ ଲୋକଙ୍କ କ୍ଷେତ୍ର ରେ ପ୍ରପୁଜ୍ଯ ହବେ।
32 କିନ୍ତୁ ଯଦି ବଳଦ ଯବେେ କାହାର ଦାସ କି ଦାସୀକୁ ଆଘାତ କରେ, ତବେେ ସେ ତା'ର ପ୍ରଭୁକୁ ତିରିଶ ସକେଲେ ରୂପା ଦବେ। ଆଉ ବଳଦକୁ ପ୍ରସ୍ତର ଦ୍ବାରା ହତ୍ଯା କରାୟିବ।
33 ଯଦି ଜଣେ ବ୍ଯକ୍ତି ଖାେଳିଥିବା କୂଅ ବା ଗାତ ଖାେଲା ରଖିଥାଏ ଏବଂ ଯଦି ତା ଭିତ ରେ ଏକ ବଳଦ କିମ୍ବା ଏକ ଗଧ ପଡିୟାଏ ତବେେ ଯେଉଁ ଲୋକ ତାକୁ ଖୋଳିଥିବ ସେ ଦୋଷୀ ଭାବେ ଗଣାୟିବ।
34 ସହେି ଲୋକ ଜଣକ ସହେି ପଶୁ ପାଇଁ ଅର୍ଥ ଦବୋକୁ ପଡିବ। ଯଦି ସେ ଅର୍ଥ ପୈଠ କରେ, ସହେି ପଶୁ ପାଇଁ, ତବେେ ସେ ତା'ର ମୃତ ଦହକେୁ ରଖିବା ପାଇଁ ଅନୁମତି ଦବେ।
35 ଯଦି କୌଣସି ଲୋକର ବଳଦ କାହାରି ବଳଦକୁ ହତ୍ଯା କରେ, ତବେେ ସମାନେେ ସହେି ଜୀବିତ ଗୋରୁକୁ ବିକ୍ରଯ କରି ଦୁଇଭାଗ କରିବେ ଏବଂ ମୃତ ଗୋରୁକୁ ମଧ୍ଯ ଦୁଇଭାଗ କରି ନବେେ।
36 ମାତ୍ର ତା'ର ଗୋରୁ ପୂର୍ବରୁ ବିନ୍ଧୁଥିବା ଜାଣି ଯଦି ତା'ର ମୁନିବ ତାକୁ ବନ୍ଧି ନରେଖ, ତବେେ ସେ ଗୋରୁ ପରିଶାଧେ ରେ ଗୋରୁ ନବେ ମାତ୍ର ମୃତ ଗୋରୁ ତା'ର ନିଜର ହବେ।
1 Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
2 If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
3 If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.
4 If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself.
5 And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:
6 Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
7 And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.
8 If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.
9 And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.
10 If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
11 And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.
12 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
17 And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
18 And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
19 If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.
20 And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
22 If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
23 And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,
24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
26 And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.
27 And if he smite out his manservant’s tooth, or his maidservant’s tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth’s sake.
28 If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.
29 But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.
30 If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
31 Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.
32 If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
33 And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;
34 The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
35 And if one man’s ox hurt another’s, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide.
36 Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.
1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
2 And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.
3 And Joab answered, The Lord make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?
4 Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
5 And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.
6 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king’s word was abominable to Joab.
7 And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
8 And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
9 And the Lord spake unto Gad, David’s seer, saying,
10 Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the Lord, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
11 So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Choose thee
12 Either three years’ famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the Lord, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the Lord destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.
13 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the Lord; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.
14 So the Lord sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.
15 And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the Lord beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
16 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the Lord stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
17 And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O Lord my God, be on me, and on my father’s house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.
18 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 Ornan the Jebusite.
19 And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the Lord.
20 And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.
21 And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.
22 Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the Lord: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people.
23 And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering; I give it all.
24 And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the Lord, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.
25 So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.
26 And David built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the Lord; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.
27 And the Lord commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.
28 At that time when David saw that the Lord had answered him in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.
29 For the tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season in the high place at Gibeon.
30 But David could not go before it to inquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the Lord.