27 Then the Lord spoke to the angel, and he put his sword back into its sheath.

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14 Are not all angels ministering spirits(A) sent to serve those who will inherit(B) salvation?(C)

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11 Jesus commanded Peter, “Put your sword away! Shall I not drink the cup(A) the Father has given me?”

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52 “Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.(A)

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30 “‘Let the sword return to its sheath.(A)
    In the place where you were created,
in the land of your ancestry,(B)
    I will judge you.

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“‘Alas, sword(A) of the Lord,
    how long till you rest?
Return to your sheath;
    cease and be still.’(B)

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20 Praise the Lord,(A) you his angels,(B)
    you mighty ones(C) who do his bidding,(D)
    who obey his word.

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20 While Araunah was threshing wheat,(A) he turned and saw the angel; his four sons who were with him hid themselves.

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15 And God sent an angel(A) to destroy Jerusalem.(B) But as the angel was doing so, the Lord saw it and relented(C) concerning the disaster and said to the angel who was destroying(D) 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.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 21:15 Hebrew Ornan, a variant of Araunah; also in verses 18-28

12 three years of famine,(A) three months of being swept away[a] before your enemies, with their swords overtaking you, or three days of the sword(B) of the Lord(C)—days of plague in the land, with the angel of the Lord ravaging every part of Israel.’ Now then, decide how I should answer the one who sent me.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 21:12 Hebrew; Septuagint and Vulgate (see also 2 Samuel 24:13) of fleeing

16 When the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord relented(A) concerning the disaster and said to the angel who was afflicting the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand.” The angel of the Lord(B) was then at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

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