1 Chronicles 21:1 Satan7854 stood up5975 against Israel,3478 and moved5496 David1732 to number4487 Israel.3478 cr 2 David1732 said559 to Joab3097 and to the princes8269 of the people,5971 "Go,3212 number5608 Israel3478 from Beersheba884 even to Dan;1835 and bring935 me word, that I may know3045 the sum4557 of them." cr

1 Chronicles 21:3 Joab3097 said,559 "May Yahweh3068 make his people5971 a hundred3967 times6471 as many as they1992 are. But, my lord113 the king,4428 aren't they1992 all my lord's113 servants?5650 Why does my lord113 require1245 this thing? Why will he be a cause of guilt819 to Israel?"3478 cr

1 Chronicles 21:4 Nevertheless the king's4428 word1697 prevailed2388 against Joab.3097 Therefore Joab3097 departed,3318 and went1980 throughout all Israel,3478 and came935 to Jerusalem.3389 cr 5 Joab3097 gave5414 up the sum4557 of the numbering4662 of the people5971 to David.1732 All those of Israel3478 were one505 million505 one hundred3967 thousand505 men376 who drew8025 sword:2719 and in Judah3063 were four702 hundred3967 seventy7657 thousand505 men376 who drew8025 sword.2719 cr 6 But he didn't count6485 Levi3878 and Benjamin1144 among8432 them; for the king's4428 word1697 was abominable8581 to Joab.3097 cr 7 God430 was displeased3415 with this thing;1697 therefore he struck5221 Israel.3478 cr 8 David1732 said559 to God,430 "I have sinned2398 greatly,3966 in that I have done6213 this thing.1697 But now, put away,5674 I beg you, the iniquity5771 of your servant;5650 for I have done very3966 foolishly."5528 cr

1 Chronicles 21:9 Yahweh3068 spoke1696 to Gad,1410 David's1732 seer,2374 saying,559 cr 10 "Go3212 and speak1696 to David,1732 saying,559 ‘Thus says559 Yahweh,3068 "I offer5186 you three7969 things. Choose977 one259 of them,2007 that I may do6213 it to you."'" cr

1 Chronicles 21:11 So Gad1410 came935 to David,1732 and said559 to him, "Thus says559 Yahweh,3068 ‘Take your choice:6901 cr 12 either three7969 years8141 of famine;7458 or three7969 months2320 to be consumed5595 before6440 your foes,6862 while the sword2719 of your enemies341 overtakes5381 you; or518 else three7969 days3117 the sword2719 of Yahweh,3068 even pestilence1698 in the land,776 and the angel4397 of Yahweh3068 destroying7843 throughout all the borders1366 of Israel.3478 Now therefore consider7200 what answer1697 I shall return7725 to him who sent7971 me.'" cr

1 Chronicles 21:13 David1732 said559 to Gad,1410 "I am in3966 distress.6887 Let me fall,5307 I pray, into the hand3027 of Yahweh;3068 for his mercies7356 are very3966 great.7227 Let me not fall5307 into the hand3027 of man."120 cr

1 Chronicles 21:14 So Yahweh3068 sent5414 a pestilence1698 on Israel;3478 and seventy7657 thousand505 men376 of Israel3478 fell.5307 cr 15 God430 sent7971 an angel4397 to Jerusalem3389 to destroy7843 it. As he was about to destroy,7843 Yahweh3068 saw,7200 and he relented5162 of the disaster,7451 and said559 to the destroying7843 angel,4397 "It is enough;7227 now stay7503 your hand."3027 The angel4397 of Yahweh3068 was standing5975 by the threshing1637 floor of Ornan771 the Jebusite.2983 cr 16 David1732 lifted up5375 his eyes,5869 and saw7200 the angel4397 of Yahweh3068 standing5975 between earth776 and the sky,8064 having a drawn8025 sword2719 in his hand3027 stretched out5186 over Jerusalem.3389 Then David1732 and the elders,2205 clothed3680 in sackcloth,8242 fell5307 on their faces.6440 cr 17 David1732 said559 to God,430 "Isn't it I who commanded559 the people5971 to be numbered?4487 It is even I who have sinned2398 and done very7489 wickedly;7489 but these sheep,6629 what have they done?6213 Please let your hand,3027 O Yahweh3068 my God,430 be against me, and against my father's1 house;1004 but not against your people,5971 that they should be plagued."4046 cr

1 Chronicles 21:18 Then the angel4397 of Yahweh3068 commanded559 Gad1410 to tell559 David1732 that David1732 should go up,5927 and raise6965 an altar4196 to Yahweh3068 in the threshing1637 floor of Ornan771 the Jebusite.2983 cr 19 David1732 went up5927 at the saying1697 of Gad,1410 which he spoke1696 in the name8034 of Yahweh.3068 cr 20 Ornan771 turned back,7725 and saw7200 the angel;4397 and his four702 sons1121 who were with him hid2244 themselves. Now Ornan771 was threshing1758 wheat.2406 cr 21 As David1732 came935 to Ornan,771 Ornan771 looked5027 and saw5027 David,1732 and went out3318 of the threshing1637 floor, and bowed7812 himself to David1732 with his face639 to the ground.776 cr 22 Then David1732 said559 to Ornan,771 "Give5414 me the place4725 of this threshing1637 floor, that I may build1129 thereon an altar4196 to Yahweh.3068 You shall sell5414 it to me for the full4392 price,3701 that the plague4046 may be stopped6113 from afflicting the people."5971 cr

1 Chronicles 21:23 Ornan771 said559 to David,1732 "Take3947 it for yourself, and let my lord113 the king4428 do6213 that which is good2896 in his eyes.5869 Behold,7200 I give5414 the oxen1241 for burnt offerings,5930 and the threshing instruments4173 for wood,6086 and the wheat2406 for the meal offering.4503 I give5414 it all." cr

1 Chronicles 21:24 King4428 David1732 said559 to Ornan,771 "No; but I will most certainly7069 buy7069 it for the full4392 price.3701 For I will not take5375 that which is yours for Yahweh,3068 nor offer5927 a burnt offering5930 without cost."2600 cr

1 Chronicles 21:25 So David1732 gave5414 to Ornan771 six8337 hundred3967 shekels8255{a shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.32 Troy ounces, so 600 shekels was about 6 kilograms or about 192 Troy ounces.} of gold2091 by weight4948 for the place.4725 cr 26 David1732 built1129 an altar4196 to Yahweh3068 there, and offered5927 burnt offerings5930 and peace offerings,5930 and called7121 on Yahweh;3068 and he answered6030 him from the sky8064 by fire784 on the altar4196 of burnt offering.5930 cr 27 Yahweh3068 commanded559 the angel;4397 and he put up7725 his sword2719 again7725 into its sheath.5084 cr 28 At that time,6256 when David1732 saw7200 that Yahweh3068 had answered6030 him in the threshing1637 floor of Ornan771 the Jebusite,2983 then he sacrificed2076 there. cr 29 For the tabernacle4908 of Yahweh,3068 which Moses4872 made6213 in the wilderness,4057 and the altar4196 of burnt offering,5930 were at that time6256 in the high place1116 at Gibeon.1391 cr 30 But David1732 couldn't3201 go3212 before6440 it to inquire1875 of God;3212 for he was afraid1204 because6440 of the sword2719 of the angel4397 of Yahweh.3068 cr