²⁴ But King David said to Ornan, “No, but I will buy them for the full price. I will not take for the Lord what is yours, nor offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”

¹² But you profane it when you say that ^(A)the Lord's table is polluted, and its fruit, that is, its food may be despised. ¹³ But you say, ^(B)‘What a weariness this is,’ and you snort at it, says the Lord of hosts. ^(C)You bring what has been taken by violence or is lame or sick, and this you bring as your offering! Shall I accept that from your hand? says the Lord. ¹⁴ Cursed be the cheat who has ^(D)a male in his flock, and ^(E)vows it, and yet sacrifices to the Lord what is blemished. For ^(F)I am a great King, says the Lord of hosts, and my name ^(G)will be feared among the nations.

^16 (A)“Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God at the place that he will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Booths. ^(B)They shall not appear before the Lord empty-handed. ¹⁷ Every man ^(C)shall give as he is able, ^(D)according to the blessing of the Lord your God that he has given you.

¹³ And he said to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, “But if you will, hear me: I give the price of the field. Accept it from me, that I may bury my dead there.”

²³ that ^(A)I would not take a thread or a sandal strap or anything that is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’

^17 (A)Repay no one evil for evil, but ^(B)give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.