NET Bible
"The LORD ordered the messenger to put his sword back into its sheath."
— 1 Chronicles 21:27, NET Bible
“And the Lord commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.”
“And Jehovah commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof. ”
“Yahweh commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into its sheath.”
“And the Lord commanded the angel: and he put up his sword again into the sheath.”
“Then the Lord gave orders to the angel, and he put back his sword into its cover.”
“And the Lord commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.”
King David replied to Ornan,“No, I insist on buying it for top price. I will not offer to the LORD what belongs to you or offer a burnt sacrifice that cost me nothing.
So David bought the place from Ornan for 600 pieces of gold.
David built there an altar to the LORD and offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings. He called out to the LORD, and the LORD responded by sending fire from the sky and consuming the burnt sacrifice on the altar.
The LORD ordered the messenger to put his sword back into its sheath.
At that time, when David saw that the LORD responded to him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he sacrificed there.
Now the LORD’s tabernacle(which Moses had made in the wilderness) and the altar for burnt sacrifices were at that time at the worship center in Gibeon.
But David could not go before it to seek God’s will, for he was afraid of the sword of the LORD’s angel.