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1. Satan was against the Israelites. He encouraged David to count the Israelites.
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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. So David said to Joab and the leaders of the people, "Go and count all the Israelites. Count everyone in the country� from the town of Beersheba all the way to the town of Dan. Then tell me, so I will know how many people there are."
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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. But Joab answered, "May the Lord make his nation 100 times as large! Sir, all the Israelites are your servants. Why do you want to do this thing, my lord and king? You will make all the Israelites guilty of sin!"
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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. But King David was stubborn. Joab had to do what the king said. So Joab left and went through all the country of Israel counting the people. Then he came back 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 told David how many people there were. In Israel there were 1,100,000 men who could use a sword. And there were 470,000 men in Judah who could use a 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. Joab did not count the tribes of Levi and Benjamin because he did not like King David's order.
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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. David had done a bad thing in God's sight, so God punished 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. Then David said to God, "I have done something very foolish. I have done a very bad sin by counting the Israelites. Now, I beg you to take the sin away from me, your servant."
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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. Gad was David's seer. The Lord said to Gad, "Go and tell David: 'This is what the Lord says: I am going to give you three choices. You must choose one of them. Then I will punish you the way you choose.'"
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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 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. Then Gad went to David. He said to David, "The Lord says, 'David, choose which punishment you want: three years without enough food, or three months of running away from your enemies while they use their swords to chase you, or three days of punishment from the Lord. Terrible sicknesses will spread through the country, and the Lord's angel will go through Israel destroying the people.' David, God sent me. Now, you must decide which answer I will give to him."
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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 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. David said to Gad, "I am in trouble! I don't want some man to decide my punishment. The Lord is very merciful, so let the Lord decide how to punish me."
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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 the Lord sent terrible sicknesses to Israel, and 70,000 people died.
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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. God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem. But when the angel started to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord saw it and felt sorry. So the Lord decided not to destroy Jerusalem. The Lord said to the angel who was destroying, "Stop! That is enough!" The angel of the Lord was standing at the threshing floor of Araunah 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. David looked up and saw the Lord's angel in the sky. The angel was holding his sword over the city of Jerusalem. Then David and the elders bowed with their faces touching the ground. They were wearing the special clothes to show their sadness.
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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. David said to God, "I am the one who sinned. I gave the order for the people to be counted! I was wrong. The Israelites did not do anything wrong. Lord my God, punish me and my family, but stop the terrible sicknesses that are killing your people."
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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 the Lord spoke to Gad. He said, "Tell David to build an altar to worship the Lord. David must build that altar near the threshing floor of Araunah 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. Gad told David this, and David went to Araunah's threshing floor.
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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. Araunah was threshing the wheat. Araunah turned around and saw the angel. Araunah's four sons ran away to hide.
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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. David walked up the hill to Araunah. Araunah saw him and left the threshing floor. He walked to David and bowed with his face to the ground in front of him.
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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. David said to Araunah, "Sell me your threshing floor. I will pay you the full price. Then I can use the area to build an altar to worship the Lord. Then the terrible sicknesses will be stopped."
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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. Araunah said to David, "Take this threshing floor. You are my Lord and king. Do anything you want. Look, I will also give you cattle for the burnt offering. And you can have the wooden threshing tools to burn for the fire on the altar. And I will give the wheat for the grain offering. I will give all this to you."
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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. But King David answered Araunah, "No, I will pay you the full price. I will not take anything that is yours and give it to the Lord. I will not give offerings that cost me nothing."
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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 Araunah about 15 pounds of gold for the place.
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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. David built an altar for worshiping the Lord there. David offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. He prayed to the Lord. The Lord answered David by sending fire down from heaven. The fire came down on 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. Then the Lord commanded the angel to put his sword back into its sheath.
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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. David saw that the Lord had answered him on the threshing floor of Araunah, so David offered sacrifices to the Lord.
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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. (The Holy Tent and the altar of burnt offerings were at the high place in the town of Gibeon. Moses had made the Holy Tent while the Israelites were in the desert.
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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. David could not go to the Holy Tent to speak with God because he was afraid. He was afraid of the angel of the Lord and his sword.)
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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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