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Then David said to God, “I have sinned greatly by taking this census. Please forgive my guilt for doing this foolish thing.”
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Then the LORD spoke to Gad, David’s seer. This was the message:
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“Go and say to David, ‘This is what the LORD says: I will give you three choices. Choose one of these punishments, and I will inflict it on you.’”
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So Gad came to David and said, “These are the choices the LORD has given you.
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You may choose three years of famine, three months of destruction by the sword of your enemies, or three days of severe plague as the angel of the LORD brings devastation throughout the land of Israel. Decide what answer I should give the LORD who sent me.”