* 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.