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1 Chronicles 21:12 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" either three years of famine; or three months to be consumed before your foes, while the sword of your enemies overtakes you; or else three days of the sword of the LORD, even pestilence in the land, and the LORD’s angel destroying throughout all the borders of Israel. Now therefore consider what answer I shall return to him who sent me.’” "

1 Chronicles 21:12

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10 “Go and speak to David, saying, ‘The LORD says, “I offer you three things. Choose one of them, that I may do it to you.”’”

11 So Gad came to David and said to him, “The LORD says, ‘Take your choice:

12 either three years of famine; or three months to be consumed before your foes, while the sword of your enemies overtakes you; or else three days of the sword of the LORD, even pestilence in the land, and the LORD’s angel destroying throughout all the borders of Israel. Now therefore consider what answer I shall return to him who sent me.’”

13 David said to Gad, “I am in distress. Let me fall, I pray, into the LORD’s hand, for his mercies are very great. Don’t let me fall into man’s hand.”

14 So the LORD sent a pestilence on Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell.

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Exodus 5:3

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1 Chronicles 21:1

"Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to take a census of Israel."

1 Chronicles 21:2

"David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, “Go, count Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring me word, that I may know how many there are.”"

1 Chronicles 21:3

"Joab said, “May the LORD make his people a hundred times as many as they are. But, my lord the king, aren’t they all my lord’s servants? Why does my lord require this thing? Why will he be a cause of guilt to Israel?”"

1 Chronicles 21:4

"Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Therefore Joab departed and went throughout all Israel, then came to Jerusalem."

1 Chronicles 21:5

"Joab gave the sum of the census of the people to David. All those of Israel were one million one hundred thousand men who drew a sword; and in Judah were four hundred seventy thousand men who drew a sword."

1 Chronicles 21:6

"But he didn’t count Levi and Benjamin among them, for the king’s word was abominable to Joab."

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