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     * Nay.
     # Ge 14:23; 23:13; De 16:16,17; Mal 1:12-14; Ro 12:17|
     * for I will not.
       It is a maxim from heaven, "Honour the Lord with thy
       substance."  He who has a religion that costs him nothing, has
       a religion that is worth nothing; nor will any man esteem the
       ordinances of God, if those ordinances cost him nothing.  Had
       Araunah's noble offer been accepted, it would have been
       Araunah's sacrifice, not David's; nor would it have answered
       the end of turning away the displeasure of the Most High.  It
       was David that sinned, not Araunah; therefore David must offer
       sacrifice.