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And Godsent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORDbeheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough,stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORDstood by the threshingfloor of Ornan[a] the Jebusite.
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And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORDstand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawnsword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth,fell upon their faces.
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And Davidsaid unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evilindeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father'shouse; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.
Excepting the three last verses, is contained in 2Sa 24:1-25 with some few variations, which are there observed; see the notes there. 18894-950102-2025-1Ch21.2