1 Chronicles 21:14-16
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
14 Therefore the Lord sent a plague upon Israel, and seventy thousand Israelites died. 15 God also sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it; but as the angel was on the point of destroying it, the Lord saw and changed his mind about the calamity, and said to the destroying angel, “Enough now! Stay your hand!”(A)
Ornan’s Threshing Floor. The angel of the Lord was then standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 16 When David raised his eyes, he saw the angel of the Lord standing between earth and heaven, drawn sword in hand stretched out against Jerusalem.(B) David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell face down,
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1 Chronicles 21:14-16
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14 So the Lord sent a plague on Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell dead.(A) 15 And God sent an angel(B) to destroy Jerusalem.(C) But as the angel was doing so, the Lord saw it and relented(D) concerning the disaster and said to the angel who was destroying(E) the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand.” The angel of the Lord was then standing at the threshing floor of Araunah[a] the Jebusite.
16 David looked up and saw the angel of the Lord standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand extended over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.(F)
Footnotes
- 1 Chronicles 21:15 Hebrew Ornan, a variant of Araunah; also in verses 18-28
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