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2 Samuel 24:17-19
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
2 Samuel 24:17-19
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
17 When David saw the angel who was destroying the people, he said to the Lord, ‘I alone have sinned, and I alone have done wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? Let your hand, I pray, be against me and against my father’s house.’
David’s Altar on the Threshing-Floor
18 That day Gad came to David and said to him, ‘Go up and erect an altar to the Lord on the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.’ 19 Following Gad’s instructions, David went up, as the Lord had commanded.
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2 Samuel 24:17-19
New International Version
2 Samuel 24:17-19
New International Version
17 When David saw the angel who was striking down the people, he said to the Lord, “I have sinned; I, the shepherd,[a] have done wrong. These are but sheep.(A) What have they done?(B) Let your hand fall on me and my family.”(C)
David Builds an Altar(D)
18 On that day Gad went to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah(E) the Jebusite.” 19 So David went up, as the Lord had commanded through Gad.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 24:17 Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint; Masoretic Text does not have the shepherd.
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