And Satan{H7854} stood up{H5975} against Israel,{H3478} and moved{H5496} David{H1732} to number{H4487} Israel.{H3478}

And David{H1732} said{H559} to Joab{H3097} and to the princes{H8269} of the people,{H5971} Go,{H3212} number{H5608} Israel{H3478} from Beer-sheba{H884} even to Dan;{H1835} and bring{H935} me word, that I may know{H3045} the sum{H4557} of them.

And Joab{H3097} said,{H559} Jehovah{H3068} make his people{H5971} a hundred{H3967} times{H6471} as many as they{H1992} are: but, my lord{H113} the king,{H4428} are they{H1992} not all my lord's{H113} servants?{H5650} why doth my lord{H113} require{H1245} this thing? why will he be a cause of guilt{H819} unto Israel?{H3478}

Nevertheless the king's{H4428} word{H1697} prevailed{H2388} against Joab.{H3097} Wherefore Joab{H3097} departed,{H3318} and went{H1980} throughout all Israel,{H3478} and came{H935} to Jerusalem.{H3389}

And Joab{H3097} gave{H5414} up the sum{H4557} of the numbering{H4662} of the people{H5971} unto David.{H1732} And all they of Israel{H3478} were a thousand{H505} thousand{H505} and a hundred{H3967} thousand{H505} men{H376} that drew{H8025} sword:{H2719} and Judah{H3063} was four{H702} hundred{H3967} threescore and ten{H7657} thousand{H505} men{H376} that drew{H8025} sword.{H2719}

But Levi{H3878} and Benjamin{H1144} counted{H6485} he not among{H8432} them; for the king's{H4428} word{H1697} was abominable{H8581} to Joab.{H3097}

And God{H430} was displeased{H3415} with this thing;{H1697} therefore he smote{H5221} Israel.{H3478}

And David{H1732} said{H559} unto God,{H430} I have sinned{H2398} greatly,{H3966} in that I have done{H6213} this thing:{H1697} but now, put away,{H5674} I beseech thee, the iniquity{H5771} of thy servant;{H5650} for I have done very{H3966} foolishly.{H5528}

And Jehovah{H3068} spake{H1696} unto Gad,{H1410} David's{H1732} seer,{H2374} saying,{H559}

Go{H3212} and speak{H1696} unto David,{H1732} saying,{H559} Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} I offer{H5186} thee three{H7969} things: choose{H977} thee one{H259} of them,{H2007} that I may do{H6213} it unto thee.

So Gad{H1410} came{H935} to David,{H1732} and said{H559} unto him, Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} Take which{H6901} thou wilt:

either three{H7969} years{H8141} of famine;{H7458} or three{H7969} months{H2320} to be consumed{H5595} before{H6440} thy foes,{H6862} while the sword{H2719} of thine enemies{H341} overtaketh{H5381} thee; or{H518} else three{H7969} days{H3117} the sword{H2719} of Jehovah,{H3068} even pestilence{H1698} in the land,{H776} and the angel{H4397} of Jehovah{H3068} destroying{H7843} throughout all the borders{H1366} of Israel.{H3478} Now therefore consider{H7200} what answer{H1697} I shall return{H7725} to him that sent{H7971} me.

And David{H1732} said{H559} unto Gad,{H1410} I am in a great{H3966} strait:{H6887} let me fall,{H5307} I pray, into the hand{H3027} of Jehovah;{H3068} for very{H3966} great{H7227} are his mercies:{H7356} and let me not fall{H5307} into the hand{H3027} of man.{H120}

So Jehovah{H3068} sent{H5414} a pestilence{H1698} upon Israel;{H3478} and there fell{H5307} of Israel{H3478} seventy{H7657} thousand{H505} men.{H376}

And God{H430} sent{H7971} an angel{H4397} unto Jerusalem{H3389} to destroy{H7843} it: and as he was about to destroy,{H7843} Jehovah{H3068} beheld,{H7200} and he repented{H5162} him of the evil,{H7451} and said{H559} to the destroying{H7843} angel,{H4397} It is enough;{H7227} now stay{H7503} thy hand.{H3027} And the angel{H4397} of Jehovah{H3068} was standing{H5975} by the threshing-floor{H1637} of Ornan{H771} the Jebusite.{H2983}

And David{H1732} lifted up{H5375} his eyes,{H5869} and saw{H7200} the angel{H4397} of Jehovah{H3068} standing{H5975} between earth{H776} and heaven,{H8064} having a drawn{H8025} sword{H2719} in his hand{H3027} stretched out{H5186} over Jerusalem.{H3389} Then David{H1732} and the elders,{H2205} clothed{H3680} in sackcloth,{H8242} fell{H5307} upon their faces.{H6440}

And David{H1732} said{H559} unto God,{H430} Is it not I that commanded{H559} the people{H5971} to be numbered?{H4487} even I it is that have sinned{H2398} and done very{H7489} wickedly;{H7489} but these sheep,{H6629} what have they done?{H6213} let thy hand,{H3027} I pray thee, O Jehovah{H3068} my God,{H430} be against me, and against my father's{H1} house;{H1004} but not against thy people,{H5971} that they should be plagued.{H4046}

Then the angel{H4397} of Jehovah{H3068} commanded{H559} Gad{H1410} to say{H559} to David,{H1732} that David{H1732} should go up,{H5927} and rear{H6965} an altar{H4196} unto Jehovah{H3068} in the threshing-floor{H1637} of Ornan{H771} the Jebusite.{H2983}

And David{H1732} went up{H5927} at the saying{H1697} of Gad,{H1410} which he spake{H1696} in the name{H8034} of Jehovah.{H3068}

And Ornan{H771} turned back,{H7725} and saw{H7200} the angel;{H4397} and his four{H702} sons{H1121} that were with him hid{H2244} themselves. Now Ornan{H771} was threshing{H1758} wheat.{H2406}

And as David{H1732} came{H935} to Ornan,{H771} Ornan{H771} looked{H5027} and saw{H7200} David,{H1732} and went out{H3318} of the threshing-floor,{H1637} and bowed{H7812} himself to David{H1732} with his face{H639} to the ground.{H776}

Then David{H1732} said{H559} to Ornan,{H771} Give{H5414} me the place{H4725} of this threshing-floor,{H1637} that I may build{H1129} thereon an altar{H4196} unto Jehovah:{H3068} for the full{H4392} price{H3701} shalt thou give{H5414} it me, that the plague{H4046} may be stayed{H6113} from the people.{H5971}

And Ornan{H771} said{H559} unto David,{H1732} Take{H3947} it to thee, and let my lord{H113} the king{H4428} do{H6213} that which is good{H2896} in his eyes:{H5869} lo,{H7200} I give{H5414} [thee] the oxen{H1241} for burnt-offerings,{H5930} and the threshing instruments{H4173} for wood,{H6086} and the wheat{H2406} for the meal-offering;{H4503} I give{H5414} it all.

And king{H4428} David{H1732} said{H559} to Ornan,{H771} Nay; but I will verily{H7069} buy{H7069} it for the full{H4392} price:{H3701} for I will not take{H5375} that which is thine for Jehovah,{H3068} nor offer{H5927} a burnt-offering{H5930} without cost.{H2600}

So David{H1732} gave{H5414} to Ornan{H771} for the place{H4725} six{H8337} hundred{H3967} shekels{H8255} of gold{H2091} by weight.{H4948}

And David{H1732} built{H1129} there an altar{H4196} unto Jehovah,{H3068} and offered{H5927} burnt-offerings{H5930} and peace-offerings,{H5930} and called{H7121} upon Jehovah;{H3068} and he answered{H6030} him from heaven{H8064} by fire{H784} upon the altar{H4196} of burnt-offering.{H5930}

And Jehovah{H3068} commanded{H559} the angel;{H4397} and he put up{H7725} his sword{H2719} again{H7725} into the sheath{H5084} thereof.

At that time,{H6256} when David{H1732} saw{H7200} that Jehovah{H3068} had answered{H6030} him in the threshing-floor{H1637} of Ornan{H771} the Jebusite,{H2983} then he sacrificed{H2076} there.

For the tabernacle{H4908} of Jehovah,{H3068} which Moses{H4872} made{H6213} in the wilderness,{H4057} and the altar{H4196} of burnt-offering,{H5930} were at that time{H6256} in the high place{H1116} at Gibeon.{H1391}

But David{H1732} could{H3201} not go{H3212} before{H6440} it to inquire{H1875} of God;{H430} for he was afraid{H1204} because{H6440} of the sword{H2719} of the angel{H4397} of Jehovah.{H3068}