וַיָּ֣שָׁב אָרְנָ֗ן וַיַּרְא֙ אֶת־הַמַּלְאָ֔ךְ וְאַרְבַּ֧עַת בָּנָ֛יו עִמּ֖וֹ מִֽתְחַבְּאִ֑ים וְאָרְנָ֖ן דָּ֥שׁ חִטִּֽים׃
Ornan berpaling dan melihat malaikat itu, sedangkan keempat anaknya yang bersamanya bersembunyi. Ketika itu Ornan sedang mengirik gandum.
Rashi
hid from the angel, to fulfill the verse (Isa. 26:20): “Go, My people, come into your chambers and close your door about you; hide for but a moment, until the wrath passes.” And Scripture also says (Exod. 12:22): “... as for you, none of you shall go out of his house until morning.”
Rashi
and Ornan was threshing wheat since Scripture states further (verse 23): “and the wheat for a meal offering,” lest you wonder how wheat was there.