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And Satan[H7854] stood up[H5975] against Israel[H3478], and provoked[H5496]David[H1732] to number[H4487]Israel[H3478].
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And David[H1732]said[H559] to Joab[H3097] and to the rulers[H8269] of the people[H5971], Go[H3212], number[H5608]Israel[H3478] from Beersheba[H884] even to Dan[H1835]; and bring[H935] the number[H4557] of them to me, that I may know[H3045] it.
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And Joab[H3097]answered[H559], The LORD[H3068] make his people[H5971] an hundred[H3967]times[H6471] so many more[H3254] as they[H1992] be: but, my lord[H113] the king[H4428], are they[H1992] not all my lord[H113]'s servants?[H5650] why then doth my lord[H113]require[H1245] this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass[H819] to Israel?[H3478]
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Nevertheless the king's word[H1697]prevailed[H2388] against Joab[H3097]. Wherefore Joab[H3097]departed[H3318], and went[H1980] throughout all Israel[H3478], and came[H935] to Jerusalem[H3389].
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And Joab[H3097]gave[H5414] the sum[H4557] of the number[H4662] of the people[H5971] unto David[H1732]. And all they of Israel[H3478] were a thousand[H505]thousand[H505] and an hundred[H3967]thousand[H505]men[H376] that drew[H8025]sword[H2719]: and Judah[H3063] was four[H702]hundred[H3967] threescore and ten[H7657]thousand[H505]men[H376] that drew[H8025]sword[H2719].
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But Levi[H3878] and Benjamin[H1144]counted[H6485] he not among[H8432] them: for the king's word[H1697] was abominable[H8581] to Joab[H3097].
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And God[H430] was displeased[H3415] with this thing[H1697]; therefore he smote[H5221]Israel[H3478].
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And David[H1732]said[H559] unto God[H430], I have sinned[H2398]greatly[H3966], because I have done[H6213] this thing[H1697]: but now, I beseech thee, do away[H5674] the iniquity[H5771] of thy servant[H5650]; for I have done[H6213]very[H3966]foolishly[H5528].
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And the LORD[H3068]spake[H1696] unto Gad[H1410], David's seer[H2374], saying[H559],
10Go[H3212] and tell[H1696]David[H1732], saying[H559], Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], I offer[H5186] thee three[H7969] things: choose[H977] thee one[H259] of them[H2007], that I may do[H6213] it unto thee.
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So Gad[H1410]came[H935] to David[H1732], and said[H559] unto him, Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], Choose[H6901] thee
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Either three[H7969]years[H8141]' famine[H7458]; or[H518]three[H7969]months[H2320] to be destroyed[H5595]before[H6440] thy foes[H6862], while that the sword[H2719] of thine enemies[H341]overtaketh[H5381] thee; or[H518] else three[H7969]days[H3117] the sword[H2719] of the LORD[H3068], even the pestilence[H1698], in the land[H776], and the angel[H4397] of the LORD[H3068]destroying[H7843] throughout all the coasts[H1366] of Israel[H3478]. Now therefore advise[H7200] thyself what word[H1697] I shall bring again[H7725] to him that sent[H7971] me.
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And David[H1732]said[H559] unto Gad[H1410], I am in a great[H3966]strait[H6887]: let me fall[H5307] now into the hand[H3027] of the LORD[H3068]; for very[H3966]great[H7227] are his mercies[H7356]: but let me not fall[H5307] into the hand[H3027] of man[H120].
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So the LORD[H3068]sent[H5414]pestilence[H1698] upon Israel[H3478]: and there fell[H5307] of Israel[H3478]seventy[H7657]thousand[H505]men[H376].
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And God[H430]sent[H7971] an angel[H4397] unto Jerusalem[H3389] to destroy[H7843] it: and as he was destroying[H7843], the LORD[H3068]beheld[H7200], and he repented[H5162] him of the evil[H7451], and said[H559] to the angel[H4397] that destroyed[H7843], It is enough[H7227], stay[H7503] now thine hand[H3027]. And the angel[H4397] of the LORD[H3068]stood[H5975] by the threshingfloor[H1637] of Ornan[H771] the Jebusite[H2983].
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And David[H1732] lifted up[H5375] his eyes[H5869], and saw[H7200] the angel[H4397] of the LORD[H3068]stand[H5975] between the earth[H776] and the heaven[H8064], having a drawn[H8025]sword[H2719] in his hand[H3027] stretched out[H5186] over Jerusalem[H3389]. Then David[H1732] and the elders[H2205] of Israel, who were clothed[H3680] in sackcloth[H8242], fell[H5307] upon their faces[H6440].
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And David[H1732]said[H559] unto God[H430], Is it not I that commanded[H559] the people[H5971] to be numbered?[H4487] even I it is that have sinned[H2398] and done[H6213]evil[H7489]indeed[H7489]; but as for these sheep[H6629], what have they done?[H6213] let thine hand[H3027], I pray thee, O LORD[H3068] my God[H430], be on me, and on my father's house[H1004]; but not on thy people[H5971], that they should be plagued[H4046].
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Then the angel[H4397] of the LORD[H3068]commanded[H559]Gad[H1410] to say[H559] to David[H1732], that David[H1732] should go up[H5927], and set up[H6965] an altar[H4196] unto the LORD[H3068] in the threshingfloor[H1637] of Ornan[H771] the Jebusite[H2983].
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And David[H1732] went up[H5927] at the saying[H1697] of Gad[H1410], which he spake[H1696] in the name[H8034] of the LORD[H3068].
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And Ornan[H771] turned back[H7725], and saw[H7200] the angel[H4397]; and his four[H702]sons[H1121] with him hid[H2244] themselves. Now Ornan[H771] was threshing[H1758]wheat[H2406].
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And as David[H1732]came[H935] to Ornan[H771], Ornan[H771]looked[H5027] and saw[H7200]David[H1732], and went out[H3318] of the threshingfloor[H1637], and bowed[H7812] himself to David[H1732] with his face[H639] to the ground[H776].
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Then David[H1732]said[H559] to Ornan[H771], Grant[H5414] me the place[H4725] of this threshingfloor[H1637], that I may build[H1129] an altar[H4196] therein unto the LORD[H3068]: thou shalt grant[H5414] it me for the full[H4392]price[H3701]: that the plague[H4046] may be stayed[H6113] from the people[H5971].
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And Ornan[H771]said[H559] unto David[H1732], Take[H3947] it to thee, and let my lord[H113] the king[H4428]do[H6213] that which is good[H2896] in his eyes[H5869]: lo[H7200], I give[H5414] thee the oxen[H1241] also for burnt offerings[H5930], and the threshing instruments[H4173] for wood[H6086], and the wheat[H2406] for the meat offering[H4503]; I give[H5414] it all.
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And king[H4428]David[H1732]said[H559] to Ornan[H771], Nay; but I will verily[H7069]buy[H7069] it for the full[H4392]price[H3701]: for I will not take[H5375] that which is thine for the LORD[H3068], nor offer[H5927] burnt offerings[H5930] without cost[H2600].
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So David[H1732]gave[H5414] to Ornan[H771] for the place[H4725]six[H8337]hundred[H3967]shekels[H8255] of gold[H2091] by weight[H4948].
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And David[H1732]built[H1129] there an altar[H4196] unto the LORD[H3068], and offered[H5927] burnt offerings[H5930] and peace offerings[H8002], and called[H7121] upon the LORD[H3068]; and he answered[H6030] him from heaven[H8064] by fire[H784] upon the altar[H4196] of burnt offering[H5930].
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And the LORD[H3068]commanded[H559] the angel[H4397]; and he put up[H7725] his sword[H2719]again[H7725] into the sheath[H5084] thereof.
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At that time[H6256] when David[H1732]saw[H7200] that the LORD[H3068] had answered[H6030] him in the threshingfloor[H1637] of Ornan[H771] the Jebusite[H2983], then he sacrificed[H2076] there.
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For the tabernacle[H4908] of the LORD[H3068], which Moses[H4872]made[H6213] in the wilderness[H4057], and the altar[H4196] of the burnt offering[H5930], were at that season[H6256] in the high place[H1116] at Gibeon[H1391].
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But David[H1732]could[H3201] not go[H3212]before[H6440] it to enquire[H1875] of God[H430]: for he was afraid[H1204]because[H6440] of the sword[H2719] of the angel[H4397] of the LORD[H3068].