8
Then David said to God, "I have sinned severely [in] that I have done this thing. But now, please forgive the sin of your servant, for I have been very foolish."
6
But he did not count Levi and Benjamin among them, for the word of the king was repulsive to Joab.
7
But this word was displeasing in the eyes of God, and he struck Israel.
8
Then David said to God, "I have sinned severely [in] that I have done this thing. But now, please forgive the sin of your servant, for I have been very foolish."
9
Then Yahweh spoke to Gad the seer of David, saying,
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"Go, you must speak to David, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh: "Three [choices] I offer to you. Choose one of them for yourself that I will do to you." '"
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