1 Chronicles 21:12-17 Either three years ' famine ; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes , while the sword of thy enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD , even the pestilence , in the land , and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the land of Israel . Now therefore consider thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.

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12 H7969 Either three H8141 years H7458 ' famine H7969 ; or three H2320 months H5595 [H8737] to be destroyed H6440 before H6862 thy foes H2719 , while the sword H341 [H8802] of thy enemies H5381 [H8688] overtaketh H518 thee; or H7969 else three H3117 days H2719 the sword H3068 of the LORD H1698 , even the pestilence H776 , in the land H4397 , and the angel H3068 of the LORD H7843 [H8688] destroying H1366 throughout all the land H3478 of Israel H7200 [H8798] . Now therefore consider H1697 thyself what word H7725 [H8686] I shall bring again H7971 [H8802] to him that sent me.

13 H1732 And David H559 [H8799] said H1410 to Gad H3966 , I am in a great H6887 [H8804] strait H5307 [H8799] : let me fall H3027 now into the hand H3068 of the LORD H3966 ; for very H7227 great H7356 are his mercies H5307 [H8799] : but let me not fall H3027 into the hand H120 of man.

14 H3068 So the LORD H5414 [H8799] sent H1698 pestilence H3478 upon Israel H5307 [H8799] : and there fell H3478 of Israel H7657 seventy H505 thousand H376 men.

15 H430 And God H7971 [H8799] sent H4397 an angel H3389 to Jerusalem H7843 [H8687] to destroy H7843 [H8687] it: and as he was destroying H3068 , the LORD H7200 [H8804] beheld H5162 [H8735] , and he repented H7451 of the evil H559 [H8799] , and said H4397 to the angel H7843 [H8688] that destroyed H7227 , It is enough H7503 [H8685] , stay H3027 now thy hand H4397 . And the angel H3068 of the LORD H5975 [H8802] stood H1637 by the threshingfloor H771 of Ornan H2983 the Jebusite.

16 H1732 And David H5375 [H8799] lifted up H5869 his eyes H7200 [H8799] , and saw H4397 the angel H3068 of the LORD H5975 [H8802] stand H776 between the earth H8064 and the heaven H8025 [H8803] , having a drawn H2719 sword H3027 in his hand H5186 [H8803] stretched out H3389 over Jerusalem H1732 . Then David H2205 and the elders H3680 [H8794] of Israel, who were clothed H8242 in sackcloth H5307 [H8799] , fell H6440 upon their faces.

17 H1732 And David H559 [H8799] said H430 to God H559 [H8804] , Is it not I that commanded H5971 the people H4487 [H8800] to be numbered H2398 [H8804] ? even I it is that have sinned H7489 [H8689] and done evil H7489 [H8687] indeed H6629 ; but as for these sheep H6213 [H8804] , what have they done H3027 ? let thy hand H3068 , I pray thee, O LORD H430 my God H1 , be on me, and on my father's H1004 house H5971 ; but not on thy people H4046 , that they should be afflicted.