1 Chr 21:24

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Nay.

Gen 14:23; Gen 23:13; Deut 16:16; Deut 16:17; Mal 1:12-14; Rom 12:17

for I will not.

It is a maxim from heaven, "Honour the Lord with thy substance."

He who has a religion that costs him nothing, has a religion that is worth nothing; nor will any man esteem the ordinances of God, if those ordinances cost him nothing. Had Araunah's noble offer been accepted, it would have been Araunah's sacrifice, not David's; nor would it have answered the end of turning away the displeasure of the Most High.

It was David that sinned, not Araunah; therefore David must offer sacrifice.