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Genesis 23:9

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

to give me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him give it to me in your presence, for the full price, as burial property.’

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Do not owe anyone anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.


Do not repay anyone evil for evil.  Give careful thought to do what is honourable  in everyone’s eyes.


‘I am a foreigner residing among you.  Give me burial property among you so that I can bury my dead.’  ,


He said to them, ‘If you are willing for me to bury my dead, listen to me and ask Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf


Ephron was sitting among the Hethites. So in the hearing  of all the Hethites who came to the gate of his city,  Ephron the Hethite answered Abraham:


This was the field that Abraham bought from the Hethites.  Abraham was buried there with his wife Sarah.


Then he commanded them, ‘I am about to be gathered to my people.  Bury me with my ancestors  in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hethite.


They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased as burial property from Ephron the Hethite.


Then David said to Ornan, ‘Give me this threshing-floor plot so that I may build an altar to the Lord on it. Give it to me for the full price, so the plague on the people may be stopped.’


King David answered Ornan, ‘No, I insist on paying the full price, for I will not take for the Lord what belongs to you or offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.’





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