The Propitiation
1 Chronicles 21:22-24
Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar therein to the LORD…


The altar and sacrifice as means of propitiation illustrates the atonement of Christ.

I. THE MORAL CONDITION WHICH IT IS DESIGNED TO MEET.

II. THE PROVISION MADE FOR THIS CONDITION.

III. THE RESULTS WHICH IT ACCOMPLISHED.

(J. Wolfendale.)23



Parallel Verses
KJV: Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people.

WEB: Then David said to Ornan, "Give me the place of this threshing floor, that I may build thereon an altar to Yahweh. You shall sell it to me for the full price, that the plague may be stopped from afflicting the people."




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