But King David said to Ornan, “No, I will indeed buy it for its full price. I will not take what is yours for Yahweh, or offer a burnt offering that costs me nothing.”
In context
22David said to Ornan, “Give me the site of this threshing floor, that I may build on it an altar to Yahweh — give it to me for its full price — so that the plague may be stopped from the people.” 23Ornan said to David, “Take it for yourself, and let my lord the king do what is good in his eyes. See, I give you the oxen for burnt offerings, the threshing sledges for wood, and the wheat for the grain offering — I give it all.” 24But King David said to Ornan, “No, I will indeed buy it for its full price. I will not take what is yours for Yahweh, or offer a burnt offering that costs me nothing.” 25So David gave Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight for the site. 26David built an altar to Yahweh there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called on Yahweh, and he answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.
