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15 God also sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as he was about to do so, the Lord looked and withdrew[a] the calamity by saying to the destroying angel, “Enough! Stop what you’re doing!”[b]

So the angel of the Lord remained standing near the threshing floor that belonged to Ornan[c] the Jebusite.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 21:15 Or and relented concerning
  2. 1 Chronicles 21:15 Lit. Stay your hand
  3. 1 Chronicles 21:15 Ornan was also known as Araunah; cf. 2Sam 24:16
  4. 1 Chronicles 21:15 I.e. a descendant of Canaan’s third son (cf. Gen 10:15-16); Jebusites were native to Jebus, the ancient name of the city of Jerusalem