en_tn_condensed/2sa/24/24.md

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# I will not offer ... anything that costs me nothing
This can be stated in a positive form. AT: "I will only offer ... something that I have paid for" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublenegatives]])
# fifty shekels
"50 shekels." A shekel is 11 grams. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bmoney]])
# on behalf of the land
Here the metonym "land" stands for the people of Israel. AT: "on behalf of the people of Israel" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
# caused the plague to be contained
"caused the plague to end"