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1 Chronicles 21:26-30

26And Davidדָּוִ֤ידda.VidH1732builtוַיִּבֶן֩vai.yi.VenH1129there an altarמִזְבֵּ֙חַ֙miz.Be.achH4196unto Yhwhלַיהוָ֔הla.Yah.wehH3068,and offeredוַיַּ֥עַלvai.Ya.'alH5927burnt offeringsעֹל֖וֹתo.LotH5930and peace offeringsוּשְׁלָמִ֑יםu.she.la.MimH8002,and calledוַיִּקְרָא֙vai.yik.Ra'H7121upon Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068;and he answeredוַיַּֽעֲנֵ֤הוּvai.ya.'a.Ne.huH6030him from heavenהַשָּׁמַ֔יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064by fireבָאֵשׁ֙va.'EshH784upon the altarמִזְבַּ֥חmiz.BachH4196of burnt offeringהָעֹלָֽה׃ פha.'o.LahH5930.

27And Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068commandedוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559the angelלַמַּלְאָ֔ךְla.mal.'AkhH4397;and he put upH7725his swordחַרְבּ֖וֹchar.BoH2719againH7725into the sheathנְדָנָֽהּ׃ne.da.NahH5084thereof.

28At that timeבָּעֵ֣תba.'EtH6256when Davidדָּוִיד֙da.VidH1732sawבִּרְא֤וֹתbir.'otH7200that Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068had answeredעָנָ֣הוּ'a.Na.huH6030him in the threshingfloorבְּגֹ֖רֶןbe.Go.renH1637of Ornanאָרְנָ֣ן'a.re.NanH771the Jebusiteהַיְבוּסִ֑יhay.vu.SiH2983,then he sacrificedוַיִּזְבַּ֖חvai.yiz.BachH2076there.

29For the tabernacleוּמִשְׁכַּ֣ןu.mish.KanH4908of Yhwhיְ֠הוָהYah.wehH3068,which Mosesמֹשֶׁ֧הmo.ShehH4872madeעָשָׂ֨ה'a.SahH6213in the wildernessבַמִּדְבָּ֛רva.mid.BarH4057,and the altarוּמִזְבַּ֥חu.miz.BachH4196of the burnt offeringהָעוֹלָ֖הha.'o.LahH5930, wereat that seasonבָּעֵ֣תba.'EtH6256in the high placeבַּבָּמָ֖הba.ba.MahH1116at Gibeonבְּגִבְעֽוֹן׃be.giv.'onH1391.

30But Davidדָּוִ֛ידda.VidH1732couldיָכֹ֥לya.KholH3201not goH3212beforeלְפָנָ֖יוle.fa.NavH6440it to enquireלִדְרֹ֣שׁlid.RoshH1875of Godאֱלֹהִ֑ים'E.lo.HimH430:for he was afraidנִבְעַ֔תniv.'AtH1204becauseמִפְּנֵ֕יmi.pe.NeiH6440of the swordחֶ֖רֶבChe.revH2719of the angelמַלְאַ֥ךְmal.'AkhH4397of Yhwhיְהוָֽה׃ סYah.wehH3068.

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