1 Chronicles 21:16-18
New English Translation
16 David looked up and saw the angel of the Lord standing between the earth and sky with his sword drawn and in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem. David and the leaders, covered with sackcloth, threw themselves down with their faces to the ground.[a] 17 David said to God, “Was I not the one who decided to number the army? I am the one who sinned and committed this awful deed![b] As for these sheep—what have they done? O Lord my God, attack me and my family,[c] but remove the plague from your people!”[d]
18 So the angel of the Lord told Gad to instruct David to go up and build[e] an altar for the Lord on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
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- 1 Chronicles 21:16 tn Heb “and David and the elders, covered with sackcloth, fell on their faces.”
- 1 Chronicles 21:17 tn “and doing evil I did evil.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite form of the verb for emphasis.
- 1 Chronicles 21:17 tn Heb “let your hand be on me and on the house of my father.”
- 1 Chronicles 21:17 tn Heb “but on your people not for a plague.”
- 1 Chronicles 21:18 tn Heb “that he should go up to raise up.”
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