Verse 13
1 Chronicles 21:13
World English Bible, British Edition
13
David said to Gad, “I am in distress. Let me fall, I pray, into
the LORD’s hand, for his mercies are very great. Don’t let me fall into man’s hand.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֧אמֶר דָּוִ֛יד אֶל גָּ֖ד צַר לִ֣/י מְאֹ֑ד אֶפְּלָה נָּ֣א בְ/יַד יְהוָ֗ה כִּֽי רַבִּ֤ים רַחֲמָי/ו֙ מְאֹ֔ד וּ/בְ/יַד אָדָ֖ם אַל אֶפֹּֽל
English Translation
And David said to Gad, "I am in great distress; let me fall into the hand of the Lord, for His mercies are very great, but do not let me fall into the hand of man."
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Chapter 21 Context
1
Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to take a census of Israel.
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2
David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, “Go, count Israel
from Beersheba even to Dan; a...
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3
Joab said, “May the LORD make his people a hundred times as many
as they are. But, my lord the king,...
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4
Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Therefore
Joab departed and went throughout all...
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5
Joab gave the sum of the census of the people to David. All those of
Israel were one million one hun...
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6
But he didn’t count Levi and Benjamin amongst them, for the king’s word
was abominable to Joab.
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7
God (Elohim) was displeased with this thing; therefore he struck Israel.
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8
David said to God (Elohim), “I have sinned greatly, in that I have done this thing.
But now put away...
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9
The LORD spoke to Gad, David’s seer, saying,
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10
“Go and speak to David, saying, ‘The LORD says, “I offer you three
things. Choose one of them, that...
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11
So Gad came to David and said to him, “The LORD says, ‘Take
your choice:
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12
either three years of famine; or three months to be consumed before
your foes, while the sword of yo...
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13
David said to Gad, “I am in distress. Let me fall, I pray, into
the LORD’s hand, for his mercies are...
14
So the LORD sent a pestilence on Israel, and seventy thousand
men of Israel fell.
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15
God (Elohim) sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. As he was about to destroy,
the LORD saw, and...
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16
David lifted up his eyes, and saw the LORD’s angel standing between
earth and the sky, having a draw...
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17
David said to God (Elohim), “Isn’t it I who commanded the people to be counted?
It is even I who hav...
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18
Then the LORD’s angel commanded Gad to tell David that David
should go up and raise an altar to the...
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19
David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spoke in the LORD’s name.
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20
Ornan turned back and saw the angel; and his four sons who were
with him hid themselves. Now Ornan w...
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21
As David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of
the threshing floor, and bowed h...
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22
Then David said to Ornan, “Sell me the place of this threshing
floor, that I may build an altar to t...
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23
Ornan said to David, “Take it for yourself, and let my lord
the king do that which is good in his ey...
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24
King David said to Ornan, “No, but I will most certainly buy
it for the full price. For I will not t...
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25
So David gave to Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight for the place.
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26
David built an altar to the LORD there, and offered burnt offerings
and peace offerings, and called...
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27
Then The LORD commanded the angel, and he put his sword back
into its sheath.
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28
At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him
in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebu...
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29
For the LORD’s tabernacle, which Moses made in the wilderness, and
the altar of burnt offering, were...
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30
But David couldn’t go before it to enquire of God (Elohim), for he was afraid
because of the sword o...
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