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1. And Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
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1. And Satan H7854 stood up H5975 against H5921 Israel H3478 , and provoked H5496 H853 David H1732 to number H4487 H853 Israel H3478 .
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2. And David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring me word, that I may know the sum of them.
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2. And David H1732 said H559 to H413 Joab H3097 and to H413 the rulers H8269 of the people H5971 , Go H1980 , number H5608 H853 Israel H3478 from Beer H4480 H884 -sheba even to H5704 Dan H1835 ; and bring H935 H853 the number H4557 of them to H413 me , that I may know H3045 it .
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3. And Joab said, Jehovah make his people a hundred times as many as they are: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lords servants? why doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of guilt unto Israel?
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3. And Joab H3097 answered H559 , The LORD H3068 make his people H5971 a hundred H3967 times H6471 so many more H3254 as they H1992 be : but , my lord H113 the king H4428 , are they not H3808 all H3605 my lord H113 's servants H5650 ? why H4100 then doth my lord H113 require H1245 this thing H2063 ? why H4100 will he be H1961 a cause of trespass H819 to Israel H3478 ?
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4. Nevertheless the kings word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
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4. Nevertheless the king H4428 's word H1697 prevailed H2388 against H5921 Joab H3097 . Wherefore Joab H3097 departed H3318 , and went H1980 throughout all H3605 Israel H3478 , and came H935 to Jerusalem H3389 .
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5. And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and a hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.
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5. And Joab H3097 gave H5414 H853 the sum H4557 of the number H4662 of the people H5971 unto H413 David H1732 . And all H3605 they of Israel H3478 were H1961 a thousand H505 thousand H505 and a 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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6. But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them; for the kings word was abominable to Joab.
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6. But Levi H3878 and Benjamin H1144 counted H6485 he not H3808 among H8432 them: for H3588 the king H4428 's word H1697 was abominable H8581 to H853 Joab H3097 .
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7. And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
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7. And God H430 was displeased H3415 H5869 with H5921 this H2088 thing H1697 ; therefore he smote H5221 H853 Israel H3478 .
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8. And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, in that I have done this thing: but now, put away, I beseech thee, the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
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8. And David H1732 said H559 unto H413 God H430 , I have sinned H2398 greatly H3966 , because H834 I have done H6213 H853 this H2088 thing H1697 : but now H6258 , I beseech thee H4994 , do away H5674 H853 the iniquity H5771 of thy servant H5650 ; for H3588 I have done very foolishly H5528 H3966 .
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9. And Jehovah spake unto Gad, Davids seer, saying,
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9. And the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 unto H413 Gad H1410 , David H1732 's seer H2374 , saying H559 ,
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10. Go and speak unto David, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
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10. Go H1980 and tell H1696 H413 David H1732 , saying H559 , Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , I H589 offer H5186 H5921 thee three H7969 things : choose H977 thee one H259 of them H4480 H1992 , that I may do H6213 it unto thee.
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11. So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Take which thou wilt:
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11. So Gad H1410 came H935 to H413 David H1732 , and said H559 unto him, Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , Choose H6901 thee
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12. either three years of famine; or three months to be consumed before thy foes, while the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of Jehovah, even pestilence in the land, and the angel of Jehovah destroying throughout all the borders of Israel. Now therefore consider what answer I shall return to him that sent me.
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12. Either H518 three H7969 years H8141 ' famine H7458 ; or H518 three H7969 months H2320 to be destroyed H5595 before H4480 H6440 thy foes H6862 , while that the sword H2719 of thine enemies H341 overtaketh H5381 thee ; or else H518 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 H3605 the coasts H1366 of Israel H3478 . Now H6258 therefore advise H7200 thyself what H4100 word H1697 I shall bring again H7725 H853 to him that sent H7971 me.
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13. And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall, I pray, into the hand of Jehovah; for very great are his mercies: and let me not fall into the hand of man.
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13. And David H1732 said H559 unto H413 Gad H1410 , I am in a great strait H6887 H3966 : let me fall H5307 now H4994 into the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 ; for H3588 very H3966 great H7227 are his mercies H7356 : but let me not H408 fall H5307 into the hand H3027 of man H120 .
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14. So Jehovah sent a pestilence upon Israel; and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.
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14. So the LORD H3068 sent H5414 pestilence H1698 upon Israel H3478 : and there fell H5307 of Israel H4480 H3478 seventy H7657 thousand H505 men H376 .
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15. And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was about to destroy, Jehovah beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the destroying angel, It is enough; now stay thy hand. And the angel of Jehovah was standing by the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
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15. 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 him H5162 of H5921 the evil H7451 , and said H559 to the angel H4397 that destroyed H7843 , It is enough H7227 , stay H7503 now H6258 thine hand H3027 . And the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 stood H5975 by H5973 the threshingfloor H1637 of Ornan H771 the Jebusite H2983 .
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16. And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of Jehovah standing between earth and heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
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16. And David H1732 lifted up H5375 H853 his eyes H5869 , and saw H7200 H853 the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 stand H5975 between H996 the earth H776 and the heaven H8064 , having a drawn H8025 sword H2719 in his hand H3027 stretched out H5186 over H5921 Jerusalem H3389 . Then David H1732 and the elders H2205 of Israel, who were clothed H3680 in sackcloth H8242 , fell H5307 upon H5921 their faces H6440 .
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17. And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done very wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? let thy hand, I pray thee, O Jehovah my God, be against me, and against my fathers house; but not against thy people, that they should be plagued.
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17. And David H1732 said H559 unto H413 God H430 , Is it not H3808 I H589 that commanded H559 the people H5971 to be numbered H4487 ? even I H589 it H1931 is that H834 have sinned H2398 and done evil indeed H7489 H7489 ; but as for these H428 sheep H6629 , what H4100 have they done H6213 ? let thine hand H3027 , I pray thee H4994 , O LORD H3068 my God H430 , be H1961 on me , and on my father H1 's house H1004 ; but not H3808 on thy people H5971 , that they should be plagued H4046 .
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18. Then the angel of Jehovah commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and rear an altar unto Jehovah in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
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18. Then the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 commanded H559 H413 Gad H1410 to say H559 to David H1732 , that H3588 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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19. And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of Jehovah.
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19. And David H1732 went up H5927 at the saying H1697 of Gad H1410 , which H834 he spoke H1696 in the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 .
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20. And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons that were with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.
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20. And Ornan H771 turned back H7725 , and saw H7200 H853 the angel H4397 ; and his four H702 sons H1121 with H5973 him hid themselves H2244 . Now Ornan H771 was threshing H1758 wheat H2406 .
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21. And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshing-floor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.
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21. And as David H1732 came H935 to H5704 Ornan H771 , Ornan H771 looked H5027 and saw H7200 H853 David H1732 , and went out H3318 of H4480 the threshingfloor H1637 , and bowed himself H7812 to David H1732 with his face H639 to the ground H776 .
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22. Then David said to Ornan, Give me the place of this threshing-floor, that I may build thereon an altar unto Jehovah: for the full price shalt thou give it me, that the plague may be stayed from the people.
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22. Then David H1732 said H559 to H413 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 H4480 H5921 the people H5971 .
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23. And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen for burnt-offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meal-offering; I give it all.
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23. And Ornan H771 said H559 unto H413 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 H3605 .
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24. And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for Jehovah, nor offer a burnt-offering without cost.
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24. And king H4428 David H1732 said H559 to Ornan H771 , Nay H3808 ; but H3588 I will verily buy H7069 H7069 it for the full H4392 price H3701 : for H3588 I will not H3808 take H5375 that which H834 is thine for the LORD H3068 , nor offer H5927 burnt offerings H5930 without cost H2600 .
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25. So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.
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25. 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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26. And David built there an altar unto Jehovah, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and called upon Jehovah; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt-offering.
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26. And David H1732 built H1129 there H8033 an altar H4196 unto the LORD H3068 , and offered H5927 burnt offerings H5930 and peace offerings H8002 , and called H7121 upon H413 the LORD H3068 ; and he answered H6030 him from H4480 heaven H8064 by fire H784 upon H5921 the altar H4196 of burnt offering H5930 .
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27. And Jehovah commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.
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27. And the LORD H3068 commanded H559 the angel H4397 ; and he put up his sword again H7725 H2719 into H413 the sheath H5084 thereof.
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28. At that time, when David saw that Jehovah had answered him in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.
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28. At that H1931 time H6256 when David H1732 saw H7200 that H3588 the LORD H3068 had answered H6030 him in the threshingfloor H1637 of Ornan H771 the Jebusite H2983 , then he sacrificed H2076 there H8033 .
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29. For the tabernacle of Jehovah, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt-offering, were at that time in the high place at Gibeon.
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29. For the tabernacle H4908 of the LORD H3068 , which H834 Moses H4872 made H6213 in the wilderness H4057 , and the altar H4196 of the burnt offering H5930 , were at that H1931 season H6256 in the high place H1116 at Gibeon H1391 .
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30. But David could not go before it to inquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of Jehovah.
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30. But David H1732 could H3201 not H3808 go H1980 before H6440 it to inquire H1875 of God H430 : for H3588 he was afraid H1204 because H4480 H6440 of the sword H2719 of the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 .
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