2Samuel:24:10-17
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But David '
s heart smote him after he had numbered the people .
And David said to the LORD , "
I have sinned greatly in what I have done .
But now ,
O LORD ,
I pray thee ,
take away the iniquity of thy servant ;
for I have done very foolishly ."
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And when David arose in the morning ,
the word of the LORD came to the prophet Gad ,
David '
s seer ,
saying ,
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Go and say to David , `
Thus says the LORD ,
Three things I offer you ;
choose one of them ,
that I may do it to you ."
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So Gad came to David and told him ,
and said to him , "
Shall three years of famine come to you in your land ?
Or will you flee three months before your foes while they pursue you ?
Or shall there be three days '
pestilence in your land ?
Now consider ,
and decide what answer I shall return to him who sent me ."
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Then David said to Gad , "
I am in great distress ;
let us fall into the hand of the LORD ,
for his mercy is great ;
but let me not fall into the hand of man ."
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So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning until the appointed time ;
and there died of the people from Dan to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men .
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And when the angel stretched forth his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it ,
the LORD repented of the evil ,
and said to the angel who was working destruction among the people , "
It is enough ;
now stay your hand ."
And the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Arau '
nah the Jeb '
usite .
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Then David spoke to the LORD when he saw the angel who was smiting the people ,
and said , "
Lo ,
I have sinned ,
and I have done wickedly ;
but these sheep ,
what have they done ?
Let thy hand ,
I pray thee ,
be against me and against my father '
s house ."
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