KJV ORIGINAL
And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
That same day, Gad came to David and said to him, 'Go and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor that belongs to Araunah the Jebusite.'
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
The prophet Gad is instructing David to build an altar to God at a specific location as part of stopping a plague that had come upon Israel.
📚 Historical Context
This comes after David had sinfully counted his fighting men, which brought God's judgment in the form of a devastating plague on Israel. God gave David three choices for punishment, and David chose to fall into God's hands rather than man's hands. The plague killed 70,000 people before God stopped it at this threshing floor in Jerusalem.
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