1 Chronicles 21:17-19

Easy-to-Read Version

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.”

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.” ¹⁹ Gad told David this, and David went to Araunah’s threshing floor.