Chapter 24
David’s Military Census
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Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go [and] take a census of Israel and Judah.”
𐤅𐤉𐤎𐤐 𐤀𐤐 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤋𐤇𐤓𐤅𐤕 𐤁𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤎𐤕 𐤀𐤕 𐤃𐤅𐤃 𐤁𐤄𐤌 𐤋𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤋𐤊 𐤌𐤍𐤄 𐤀𐤕 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄
וַיֹּ֙סֶף֙ אַף־ יְהוָ֔ה לַחֲר֖וֹת בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיָּ֨סֶת אֶת־ דָּוִ֤ד בָּהֶם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לֵ֛ךְ מְנֵ֥ה אֶת־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וְאֶת־ יְהוּדָֽה׃ way·yō·sep̄ ’ap̄- Yah·weh la·ḥă·rō·wṯ bə·yiś·rā·’êl way·yā·seṯ ’eṯ- dā·wiḏ bā·hem lê·mōr lêḵ mə·nêh ’eṯ- yiś·rā·’êl wə·’eṯ- yə·hū·ḏāh — WLC · 1
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So the king said to Joab the commander of his army, who [was] with him, “Go now throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to vvv Beersheba and register the troops, so that I may know their number…”
𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤔𐤓 𐤄𐤇𐤉𐤋 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤀𐤕𐤅 𐤔𐤅𐤈 𐤍𐤀 𐤁𐤊𐤋 𐤔𐤁𐤈𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤌𐤃𐤍 𐤅𐤏𐤃 𐤁𐤀𐤓 𐤔𐤁𐤏 𐤅𐤐𐤒𐤃𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤃𐤏𐤕𐤉 𐤀𐤕 𐤌𐤎𐤐𐤓 𐤄𐤏𐤌𐤎
הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֶל־ יוֹאָ֣ב׀ שַׂר־ הַחַ֣יִל אֲשֶׁר־ אִתּ֗וֹ שֽׁוּט־ נָ֞א בְּכָל־ שִׁבְטֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מִדָּן֙ וְעַד־ בְּאֵ֣ר שֶׁ֔בַע וּפִקְד֖וּ אֶת־ הָעָ֑ם וְיָ֣דַעְתִּ֔י אֵ֖ת מִסְפַּ֥ר הָעָֽם׃ס ham·me·leḵ way·yō·mer ’el- yō·w·’āḇ śar- ha·ḥa·yil ’ă·šer- ’it·tōw šūṭ- nā bə·ḵāl šiḇ·ṭê yiś·rā·’êl mid·dān wə·‘aḏ- bə·’êr še·ḇa‘ ū·p̄iq·ḏū ’eṯ- hā·‘ām wə·yā·ḏa‘·tî ’êṯ mis·par hā·‘ām — WLC · 2
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But Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God… multiply the troops a hundred times over…, and may the eyes of my lord the king see [it]. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?”
𐤉𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤊 𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤅𐤎𐤐 𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤌𐤀𐤄 𐤐𐤏𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤊𐤄𐤌 𐤅𐤊𐤄𐤌 𐤅𐤏𐤉𐤍𐤉 𐤀𐤃𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤓𐤀𐤅𐤕 𐤋𐤌𐤄 𐤅𐤀𐤃𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤇𐤐𐤑 𐤄𐤆𐤄 𐤁𐤃𐤁𐤓
יוֹאָ֜ב וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֶל־ הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ יְהוָה֩ אֱלֹהֶ֨יךָ אֶל־ וְיוֹסֵ֣ף הָעָ֜ם מֵאָ֣ה פְעָמִ֔ים כָּהֵ֤ם׀ וְכָהֵם֙ וְעֵינֵ֥י אֲדֹנִֽי־ הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ רֹא֑וֹת לָ֥מָּה וַאדֹנִ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ חָפֵ֖ץ הַזֶּֽה׃ בַּדָּבָ֥ר yō·w·’āḇ way·yō·mer ’el- ham·me·leḵ Yah·weh ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā ’el- wə·yō·w·sêp̄ hā·‘ām mê·’āh p̄ə·‘ā·mîm kā·hêm wə·ḵā·hêm wə·‘ê·nê ’ă·ḏō·nî- ham·me·leḵ rō·’ō·wṯ lām·māh wa·ḏō·nî ham·me·leḵ ḥā·p̄êṣ haz·zeh bad·dā·ḇār — WLC · 3
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Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab and against the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army departed from the presence of the king to register the troops of Israel.
𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤅𐤉𐤇𐤆𐤒 𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤅𐤏𐤋 𐤔𐤓𐤉 𐤄𐤇𐤉𐤋 𐤉𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤅𐤔𐤓𐤉 𐤄𐤇𐤉𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤑𐤀 𐤋𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤋𐤐𐤒𐤃 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤀𐤕 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ דְּבַר־ וַיֶּחֱזַ֤ק אֶל־ יוֹאָ֔ב וְעַ֖ל שָׂרֵ֣י הֶחָ֑יִל יוֹאָ֜ב וְשָׂרֵ֤י הַחַ֙יִל֙ וַיֵּצֵ֨א לִפְנֵ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ לִפְקֹ֥ד אֶת־ הָעָ֖ם אֶת־ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ ham·me·leḵ də·ḇar- way·ye·ḥĕ·zaq ’el- yō·w·’āḇ wə·‘al śā·rê he·ḥā·yil yō·w·’āḇ wə·śā·rê ha·ḥa·yil way·yê·ṣê lip̄·nê ham·me·leḵ lip̄·qōḏ ’eṯ- hā·‘ām ’eṯ- yiś·rā·’êl — WLC · 4
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They crossed the Jordan and camped near Aroer, south of the town in the middle of the valley, and proceeded toward Gad… and Jazer.
𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤁𐤓𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤉𐤓𐤃𐤍 𐤅𐤉𐤇𐤍𐤅 𐤁𐤏𐤓𐤅𐤏𐤓 𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤍 𐤄𐤏𐤉𐤓 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤁𐤕𐤅𐤊 𐤄𐤍𐤇𐤋 𐤄𐤂𐤃 𐤅𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤏𐤆𐤓
וַיַּעַבְר֖וּ אֶת־ הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן וַיַּחֲנ֣וּ בַעֲרוֹעֵ֗ר יְמִ֥ין הָעִ֛יר אֲשֶׁ֛ר בְּתוֹךְ־ הַנַּ֥חַל הַגָּ֖ד וְאֶל־ יַעְזֵֽר׃ way·ya·‘aḇ·rū ’eṯ- hay·yar·dên way·ya·ḥă·nū ḇa·‘ă·rō·w·‘êr yə·mîn hā·‘îr ’ă·šer bə·ṯō·wḵ- han·na·ḥal hag·gāḏ wə·’el- ya‘·zêr — WLC · 5
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Then they went to Gilead and the land vvv of Tahtim-hodshi, and vvv on to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon.
𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤀𐤅 𐤄𐤂𐤋𐤏𐤃𐤄 𐤅𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤕𐤇𐤕𐤉𐤌 𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤉 𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤀𐤅 𐤃𐤍𐤄 𐤉𐤏𐤍 𐤅𐤎𐤁𐤉𐤁 𐤀𐤋 𐤑𐤉𐤃𐤅𐤍
וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ הַגִּלְעָ֔דָה וְאֶל־ אֶ֥רֶץ תַּחְתִּ֖ים חָדְשִׁ֑י וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ דָּ֣נָה יַּ֔עַן וְסָבִ֖יב אֶל־ צִידֽוֹן׃ way·yā·ḇō·’ū hag·gil·‘ā·ḏāh wə·’el- ’e·reṣ taḥ·tîm ḥā·ḏə·šî way·yā·ḇō·’ū dā·nāh ya·‘an wə·sā·ḇîḇ ’el- ṣî·ḏō·wn — WLC · 6
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They went toward the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went on to the Negev of Judah, vvv [to] Beersheba.
𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤀𐤅 𐤌𐤁𐤑𐤓 𐤑𐤓 𐤅𐤊𐤋 𐤏𐤓𐤉 𐤄𐤇𐤅𐤉 𐤅𐤄𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍𐤉 𐤅𐤉𐤑𐤀𐤅 𐤀𐤋 𐤍𐤂𐤁 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 𐤁𐤀𐤓 𐤔𐤁𐤏
וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ מִבְצַר־ צֹ֔ר וְכָל־ עָרֵ֥י הַחִוִּ֖י וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֑י וַיֵּֽצְא֛וּ אֶל־ נֶ֥גֶב יְהוּדָ֖ה בְּאֵ֥ר שָֽׁבַע׃ way·yā·ḇō·’ū miḇ·ṣar- ṣōr wə·ḵāl ‘ā·rê ha·ḥiw·wî wə·hak·kə·na·‘ă·nî way·yê·ṣə·’ū ’el- ne·ḡeḇ yə·hū·ḏāh bə·’êr šā·ḇa‘ — WLC · 7
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At the end of nine months and twenty days, having gone through the whole land, they returned to Jerusalem.
𐤌𐤒𐤑𐤄 𐤕𐤔𐤏𐤄 𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤏𐤔𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤉𐤅𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤈𐤅 𐤁𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤀𐤅 𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌
מִקְצֵ֨ה תִשְׁעָ֧ה חֳדָשִׁ֛ים וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים י֖וֹם וַיָּשֻׁ֖טוּ בְּכָל־ הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ miq·ṣêh ṯiš·‘āh ḥo·ḏā·šîm wə·‘eś·rîm yō·wm way·yā·šu·ṭū bə·ḵāl hā·’ā·reṣ way·yā·ḇō·’ū yə·rū·šā·lim — WLC · 8
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And Joab reported to the king the total number of the troops… In Israel there were 800,000 {}… men of valor who drew the sword, and in Judah there were 500,000…
𐤉𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤕𐤍 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤌𐤎𐤐𐤓 𐤌𐤐𐤒𐤃 𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤕𐤄𐤉 𐤔𐤌𐤍𐤄 𐤌𐤀𐤅𐤕 𐤀𐤋𐤐 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤇𐤉𐤋 𐤔𐤋𐤐 𐤇𐤓𐤁 𐤅𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 𐤇𐤌𐤔 𐤌𐤀𐤅𐤕 𐤀𐤋𐤐 𐤀𐤉𐤔
יוֹאָ֛ב אֶת־ וַיִּתֵּ֥ן הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ מִסְפַּ֥ר מִפְקַד־ הָעָ֖ם אֶל־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֡ל וַתְּהִ֣י שְׁמֹנֶה֩ מֵא֨וֹת אֶ֤לֶף אִֽישׁ־ חַ֙יִל֙ שֹׁ֣לֵֽף חֶ֔רֶב וְאִ֣ישׁ יְהוּדָ֔ה חֲמֵשׁ־ מֵא֥וֹת אֶ֖לֶף אִֽישׁ׃ yō·w·’āḇ ’eṯ- way·yit·tên ham·me·leḵ mis·par mip̄·qaḏ- hā·‘ām ’el- yiś·rā·’êl wat·tə·hî šə·mō·neh mê·’ō·wṯ ’e·lep̄ ’îš- ḥa·yil šō·lêp̄ ḥe·reḇ wə·’îš yə·hū·ḏāh ḥă·mêš- mê·’ō·wṯ ’e·lep̄ ’îš — WLC · 9
Judgment for David’s Sin
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After… [David] had numbered the troops, [his] conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤉 𐤊𐤍 𐤎𐤐𐤓 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤏𐤌𐤎 𐤃𐤅𐤃 𐤀𐤕𐤅 𐤋𐤁 𐤅𐤉𐤊 𐤃𐤅𐤃 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤇𐤈𐤀𐤕𐤉 𐤌𐤀𐤃 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤏𐤔𐤉𐤕𐤉 𐤅𐤏𐤕𐤄 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤍𐤀 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤏𐤁𐤓 𐤏𐤅𐤍 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤊 𐤊𐤉 𐤌𐤀𐤃 𐤍𐤎𐤊𐤋𐤕𐤉
אַחֲרֵי־ כֵ֖ן סָפַ֣ר אֶת־ הָעָ֑םס דָּוִד֙ אֹת֔וֹ לֵב־ וַיַּ֤ךְ דָּוִ֜ד וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֶל־ יְהוָ֗ה חָטָ֤אתִי מְאֹד֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֔יתִי וְעַתָּ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה נָא֙ אֶת־ הַֽעֲבֶר־ עֲוֺ֣ן עַבְדְּךָ֔ כִּ֥י מְאֹֽד׃ נִסְכַּ֖לְתִּי ’a·ḥă·rê- ḵên sā·p̄ar ’eṯ- hå̄·ʿå̄·ms dā·wiḏ ’ō·ṯōw lêḇ- way·yaḵ dā·wiḏ way·yō·mer ’el- Yah·weh ḥā·ṭā·ṯî mə·’ōḏ ’ă·šer ‘ā·śî·ṯî wə·‘at·tāh Yah·weh nā ’eṯ- ha·‘ă·ḇer- ‘ă·wōn ‘aḇ·də·ḵā kî mə·’ōḏ nis·kal·tî — WLC · 10
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When David got up in the morning, the word of the LORD had come to Gad the prophet, David’s… seer:
𐤃𐤅𐤃 𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤌 𐤁𐤁𐤒𐤓 𐤐 𐤅𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤀𐤋 𐤂𐤃 𐤄𐤍𐤁𐤉𐤀 𐤃𐤅𐤃 𐤋𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤇𐤆𐤄
דָּוִ֖ד וַיָּ֥קָם בַּבֹּ֑קֶר פ וּדְבַר־ יְהוָ֗ה הָיָה֙ אֶל־ גָּ֣ד הַנָּבִ֔יא דָוִ֖ד לֵאמֹֽר׃ חֹזֵ֥ה dā·wiḏ way·yā·qām bab·bō·qɛr p̄ ū·ḏə·ḇar- Yah·weh hā·yāh ’el- gāḏ han·nā·ḇî ḏā·wiḏ lê·mōr ḥō·zêh — WLC · 11
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“Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering… you three [options]. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’”
𐤄𐤋𐤅𐤊 𐤅𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤕 𐤀𐤋 𐤃𐤅𐤃 𐤊𐤄 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤉 𐤍𐤅𐤈𐤋 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤊 𐤔𐤋𐤔 𐤁𐤇𐤓 𐤋𐤊 𐤀𐤇𐤕 𐤌𐤄𐤌 𐤅𐤀𐤏𐤔𐤄 𐤋𐤊
הָל֞וֹךְ וְדִבַּרְתָּ֣ אֶל־ דָּוִ֗ד כֹּ֚ה יְהוָ֔ה אָמַ֣ר אָנֹכִ֖י נוֹטֵ֣ל עָלֶ֑יךָ שָׁלֹ֕שׁ בְּחַר־ לְךָ֥ אַֽחַת־ מֵהֶ֖ם וְאֶֽעֱשֶׂה־ לָּֽךְ׃ hā·lō·wḵ wə·ḏib·bar·tā ’el- dā·wiḏ kōh Yah·weh ’ā·mar ’ā·nō·ḵî nō·w·ṭêl ‘ā·le·ḵā šā·lōš bə·ḥar- lə·ḵā ’a·ḥaṯ- mê·hem wə·’e·‘ĕ·śeh- lāḵ — WLC · 12
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So Gad went and said to David -, “Do you choose to endure… three years of famine in your land, three months of fleeing vvv the pursuit of your enemies, or three days of plague upon your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should reply… to Him who sent me.”
𐤂𐤃 𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤀 𐤅𐤉𐤂𐤃 𐤀𐤋 𐤃𐤅𐤃 𐤋𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤋𐤅 𐤄𐤕𐤁𐤅𐤀 𐤋𐤊 𐤔𐤁𐤏 𐤔𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤓𐤏𐤁 𐤁𐤀𐤓𐤑𐤊 𐤀𐤌 𐤔𐤋𐤔𐤄 𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤍𐤎𐤊 𐤅𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤓𐤃𐤐𐤊 𐤋𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤊 𐤅𐤀𐤌 𐤔𐤋𐤔𐤕 𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤄𐤉𐤅𐤕 𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤁𐤀𐤓𐤑𐤊 𐤏𐤕𐤄 𐤃𐤏 𐤅𐤓𐤀𐤄 𐤌𐤄 𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤎 𐤀𐤔𐤉𐤁 𐤔𐤋𐤇𐤉
גָ֥ד וַיָּבֹא־ וַיַּגֶּד־ אֶל־ דָּוִ֖ד ל֑וֹ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֡וֹ הֲתָב֣וֹא לְךָ֣ שֶֽׁבַע שָׁנִ֣ים׀ רָעָ֣ב׀ בְּאַרְצֶ֡ךָ אִם־ שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה חֳ֠דָשִׁים נֻסְךָ֨ וְה֣וּא רֹדְפֶ֗ךָ לִפְנֵֽי־ צָרֶ֜יךָ וְאִם־ שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת יָמִ֥ים הֱ֠יוֹת דֶּ֙בֶר֙ בְּאַרְצֶ֔ךָ עַתָּה֙ דַּ֣ע וּרְאֵ֔ה מָה־ דָּבָֽר׃ס אָשִׁ֥יב שֹׁלְחִ֖י ḡāḏ way·yā·ḇō- way·yag·geḏ- ’el- dā·wiḏ lōw way·yō·mer lōw hă·ṯā·ḇō·w lə·ḵā še·ḇa‘ šā·nîm rā·‘āḇ bə·’ar·ṣe·ḵā ’im- šə·lō·šāh ḥo·ḏā·šîm nus·ḵā wə·hū rō·ḏə·p̄e·ḵā lip̄·nê- ṣā·re·ḵā wə·’im- šə·lō·šeṯ yā·mîm hĕ·yō·wṯ de·ḇer bə·’ar·ṣe·ḵā ‘at·tāh da‘ ū·rə·’êh māh- dā·ḇār ’ā·šîḇ šō·lə·ḥî — WLC · 13
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David… answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let us fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies [are] great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”
𐤃𐤅𐤃 𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤂𐤃 𐤋𐤉 𐤌𐤀𐤃 𐤑𐤓 𐤍𐤀 𐤍𐤐𐤋𐤄 𐤁𐤉𐤃 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤊𐤉 𐤓𐤇𐤌𐤅 𐤓𐤁𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤐𐤋𐤄 𐤅𐤁𐤉𐤃 𐤀𐤃𐤌
דָּוִ֛ד אֶל־ וַיֹּ֧אמֶר גָּ֖ד לִ֣י מְאֹ֑ד צַר־ נָּ֤א נִפְּלָה־ בְיַד־ יְהוָה֙ כִּֽי־ רַחֲמוֹ רַבִּ֣ים אַל־ אֶפֹּֽלָה׃ וּבְיַד־ אָדָ֖ם dā·wiḏ ’el- way·yō·mer gāḏ lî mə·’ōḏ ṣar- nā nip·pə·lāh- ḇə·yaḏ- Yah·weh kî- ra·ḥă·mō rab·bîm ’al- ’ep·pō·lāh ū·ḇə·yaḏ- ’ā·ḏām — WLC · 14
A Plague on Israel
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So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel from that morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand of the people from Dan to vvv Beersheba died.
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤕𐤍 𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤁𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤌𐤄𐤁𐤒𐤓 𐤅𐤏𐤃 𐤌𐤅𐤏𐤃 𐤏𐤕 𐤔𐤁𐤏𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤋𐤐 𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤌𐤍 𐤌𐤃𐤍 𐤅𐤏𐤃 𐤁𐤀𐤓 𐤔𐤁𐤏 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤅𐤉𐤌𐤕
יְהוָ֥ה וַיִּתֵּ֨ן דֶּ֙בֶר֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מֵהַבֹּ֖קֶר וְעַד־ מוֹעֵ֑ד עֵ֣ת שִׁבְעִ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף הָעָ֗ם מִן־ מִדָּן֙ וְעַד־ בְּאֵ֣ר שֶׁ֔בַע אִֽישׁ׃ וַיָּ֣מָת Yah·weh way·yit·tên de·ḇer bə·yiś·rā·’êl mê·hab·bō·qer wə·‘aḏ- mō·w·‘êḏ ‘êṯ šiḇ·‘îm ’e·lep̄ hā·‘ām min- mid·dān wə·‘aḏ- bə·’êr še·ḇa‘ ’îš way·yā·māṯ — WLC · 15
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But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤊 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤋𐤇 𐤉𐤃𐤅 𐤋𐤔𐤇𐤕𐤄 𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤍𐤇𐤌 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤓𐤏𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤋𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤊 𐤄𐤌𐤔𐤇𐤉𐤕 𐤁𐤏𐤌 𐤓𐤁 𐤄𐤓𐤐 𐤉𐤃𐤊 𐤏𐤕𐤄 𐤅𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤊 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤏𐤌 𐤂𐤓𐤍 𐤄𐤀𐤅𐤓𐤍𐤄 𐤄𐤉𐤁𐤎𐤉𐤎
הַמַּלְאָ֥ךְ׀ וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ יָד֨וֹ לְשַׁחֲתָהּ֒ יְרֽוּשָׁלִַם֮ יְהוָה֙ וַיִּנָּ֤חֶם אֶל־ הָ֣רָעָ֔ה וַ֠יֹּאמֶר לַמַּלְאָ֞ךְ הַמַּשְׁחִ֤ית בָּעָם֙ רַ֔ב הֶ֣רֶף יָדֶ֑ךָ עַתָּ֖ה וּמַלְאַ֤ךְ יְהוָה֙ הָיָ֔ה עִם־ גֹּ֖רֶן הָאוֹרְנָה הַיְבֻסִֽי׃ס ham·mal·’āḵ way·yiš·laḥ yā·ḏōw lə·ša·ḥă·ṯāh yə·rū·šā·lim Yah·weh way·yin·nā·ḥem ’el- hā·rā·‘āh way·yō·mer lam·mal·’āḵ ham·maš·ḥîṯ bā·‘ām raḇ he·rep̄ yā·ḏe·ḵā ‘at·tāh ū·mal·’aḵ Yah·weh hā·yāh ‘im- gō·ren hå̄·ʾō·rə·nå̄h hay·ḇu·sî — WLC · 16
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When David saw the angel striking down the people,… he said to the LORD, “Surely I, [the shepherd], have sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Please, let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house.”
𐤃𐤅𐤃 𐤁𐤓𐤀𐤕𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤊 𐤄𐤌𐤊𐤄 𐤁𐤏𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤄𐤍𐤄 𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤉 𐤇𐤈𐤀𐤕𐤉 𐤅𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤉 𐤄𐤏𐤅𐤉𐤕𐤉 𐤅𐤀𐤋𐤄 𐤄𐤑𐤀𐤍 𐤌𐤄 𐤏𐤔𐤅 𐤍𐤀 𐤉𐤃𐤊 𐤕𐤄𐤉 𐤁𐤉 𐤀𐤁𐤉𐤐 𐤅𐤁𐤁𐤉𐤕
דָּוִ֨ד בִּרְאֹת֣וֹ׀ אֶֽת־ הַמַּלְאָ֣ךְ׀ הַמַּכֶּ֣ה בָעָ֗ם וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ וַיֹּאמֶר֩ אֶל־ יְהוָ֜ה הִנֵּ֨ה אָנֹכִ֤י חָטָ֙אתִי֙ וְאָנֹכִ֣י הֶעֱוֵ֔יתִי וְאֵ֥לֶּה הַצֹּ֖אן מֶ֣ה עָשׂ֑וּ נָ֥א יָדְךָ֛ תְּהִ֨י בִּ֖י אָבִֽי׃פ וּבְבֵ֥ית dā·wiḏ bir·’ō·ṯōw ’eṯ- ham·mal·’āḵ ham·mak·keh ḇā·‘ām way·yō·mer way·yō·mer ’el- Yah·weh hin·nêh ’ā·nō·ḵî ḥā·ṭā·ṯî wə·’ā·nō·ḵî he·‘ĕ·wê·ṯî wə·’êl·leh haṣ·ṣōn meh ‘ā·śū nā yā·ḏə·ḵā tə·hî bî ’ā·ḇî ū·ḇə·ḇêṯ — WLC · 17
David Builds an Altar
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And that day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”
𐤄𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤁𐤉𐤅𐤌 𐤂𐤃 𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤀 𐤀𐤋 𐤃𐤅𐤃 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤋𐤅 𐤏𐤋𐤄 𐤄𐤒𐤌 𐤌𐤆𐤁𐤇 𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤁𐤂𐤓𐤍 𐤀𐤓𐤍𐤉𐤄 𐤄𐤉𐤁𐤎𐤉
הַה֑וּא בַּיּ֣וֹם גָ֥ד וַיָּבֹא־ אֶל־ דָּוִ֖ד וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֗וֹ עֲלֵה֙ הָקֵ֤ם מִזְבֵּ֔חַ לַֽיהוָה֙ בְּגֹ֖רֶן אָרָנְיָה הַיְבֻסִֽי׃ ha·hū bay·yō·wm ḡāḏ way·yā·ḇō- ’el- dā·wiḏ way·yō·mer lōw ‘ă·lêh hā·qêm miz·bê·aḥ Yah·weh bə·ḡō·ren ʾå̄·rå̄·nə·yå̄h hay·ḇu·sî — WLC · 18
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So David went up at the word of Gad, just as the LORD had commanded.
𐤃𐤅𐤃 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤋 𐤊𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤂𐤃 𐤊𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤑𐤅𐤄
דָּוִד֙ וַיַּ֤עַל כִּדְבַר־ גָּ֔ד כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר יְהוָֽה׃ צִוָּ֥ה dā·wiḏ way·ya·‘al kiḏ·ḇar- gāḏ ka·’ă·šer Yah·weh ṣiw·wāh — WLC · 19
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When Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants coming toward him, he went out and bowed facedown… before the king.
𐤀𐤓𐤅𐤍𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤒𐤐 𐤅𐤉𐤓𐤀 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤉𐤅 𐤏𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤀𐤓𐤅𐤍𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤑𐤀 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤕𐤇𐤅 𐤀𐤐𐤉𐤅 𐤀𐤓𐤑𐤄 𐤋𐤌𐤋𐤊
אֲרַ֗וְנָה וַיַּשְׁקֵ֣ף וַיַּ֤רְא אֶת־ הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ וְאֶת־ עֲבָדָ֔יו עֹבְרִ֖ים עָלָ֑יו אֲרַ֔וְנָה וַיֵּצֵ֣א וַיִּשְׁתַּ֧חוּ אַפָּ֖יו אָֽרְצָה׃ לַמֶּ֛לֶךְ ’ă·raw·nāh way·yaš·qêp̄ way·yar ’eṯ- ham·me·leḵ wə·’eṯ- ‘ă·ḇā·ḏāw ‘ō·ḇə·rîm ‘ā·lāw ’ă·raw·nāh way·yê·ṣê way·yiš·ta·ḥū ’ap·pāw ’ā·rə·ṣāh lam·me·leḵ — WLC · 20
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“Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” Araunah said. “To buy your threshing floor…,” David replied, “that I may build an altar to the LORD, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”
𐤌𐤃𐤅𐤏 𐤀𐤃𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤁𐤀 𐤀𐤋 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤅 𐤀𐤓𐤅𐤍𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤋𐤒𐤍𐤅𐤕 𐤄𐤂𐤓𐤍 𐤌𐤏𐤌𐤊 𐤀𐤕 𐤃𐤅𐤃 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤋𐤁𐤍𐤅𐤕 𐤌𐤆𐤁𐤇 𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤄𐤌𐤂𐤐𐤄 𐤌𐤏𐤋 𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤅𐤕𐤏𐤑𐤓
מַדּ֛וּעַ אֲדֹנִֽי־ הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ בָּ֥א אֶל־ עַבְדּ֑וֹ אֲרַ֔וְנָה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לִקְנ֧וֹת הַגֹּ֗רֶן מֵעִמְּךָ֣ אֶת־ דָּוִ֜ד וַיֹּ֨אמֶר לִבְנ֤וֹת מִזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה הַמַּגֵּפָ֖ה מֵעַ֥ל הָעָֽם׃ וְתֵעָצַ֥ר mad·dū·a‘ ’ă·ḏō·nî- ham·me·leḵ bā ’el- ‘aḇ·dōw ’ă·raw·nāh way·yō·mer liq·nō·wṯ hag·gō·ren mê·‘im·mə·ḵā ’eṯ- dā·wiḏ way·yō·mer liḇ·nō·wṯ miz·bê·aḥ Yah·weh ham·mag·gê·p̄āh mê·‘al hā·‘ām wə·ṯê·‘ā·ṣar — WLC · 21
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Araunah said to David, “May my lord the king take whatever seems good to him and offer it up. Here are the oxen for a burnt offering and the threshing sledges and ox yokes for the wood.
𐤀𐤓𐤅𐤍𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤃𐤅𐤃 𐤀𐤃𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤉𐤒𐤇 𐤓𐤀𐤄 𐤄𐤈𐤅𐤁 𐤁𐤏𐤉𐤍𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤋 𐤄𐤁𐤒𐤓 𐤋𐤏𐤋𐤄 𐤅𐤄𐤌𐤓𐤂𐤉𐤌 𐤄𐤁𐤒𐤓 𐤅𐤊𐤋𐤉 𐤋𐤏𐤑𐤉𐤌
אֲרַ֙וְנָה֙ וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֶל־ דָּוִ֔ד אֲדֹנִ֥י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ יִקַּ֥ח רְאֵה֙ הַטּ֣וֹב בְּעֵינוֹ וְיַ֛עַל הַבָּקָ֣ר לָעֹלָ֔ה וְהַמֹּרִגִּ֛ים הַבָּקָ֖ר וּכְלֵ֥י לָעֵצִֽים׃ ’ă·raw·nāh way·yō·mer ’el- dā·wiḏ ’ă·ḏō·nî ham·me·leḵ yiq·qaḥ rə·’êh haṭ·ṭō·wḇ bə·ʿē·nō wə·ya·‘al hab·bā·qār lā·‘ō·lāh wə·ham·mō·rig·gîm hab·bā·qār ū·ḵə·lê lā·‘ê·ṣîm — WLC · 22
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O king, Araunah gives all these to the king.” [He] also said to the king, “May the LORD your God accept you.”
𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤀𐤓𐤅𐤍𐤄 𐤍𐤕𐤍 𐤄𐤊𐤋 𐤋𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤎 𐤀𐤓𐤅𐤍𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤊 𐤉𐤓𐤑𐤊
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֲרַ֥וְנָה נָתַ֛ן הַכֹּ֗ל לַמֶּ֑לֶךְס אֲרַ֙וְנָה֙ וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֶל־ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ יִרְצֶֽךָ׃ ham·me·leḵ ’ă·raw·nāh nā·ṯan hak·kōl lam·mɛ·lɛḵs ’ă·raw·nāh way·yō·mer ’el- ham·me·leḵ Yah·weh ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā yir·ṣe·ḵā — WLC · 23
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“No,” replied the king -, “I insist on paying… a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
𐤋𐤀 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤓𐤅𐤍𐤄 𐤊𐤉 𐤒𐤍𐤅 𐤀𐤒𐤍𐤄 𐤌𐤀𐤅𐤕𐤊 𐤁𐤌𐤇𐤉𐤓 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤀𐤏𐤋𐤄 𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉 𐤏𐤋𐤅𐤕 𐤇𐤍𐤌 𐤃𐤅𐤃 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤍 𐤄𐤂𐤓𐤍 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤁𐤒𐤓 𐤇𐤌𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤔𐤒𐤋𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤊𐤎𐤐
לֹ֚א וַיֹּ֨אמֶר הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ אֶל־ אֲרַ֗וְנָה כִּֽי־ קָנ֨וֹ אֶקְנֶ֤ה מֵאֽוֹתְךָ֙ בִּמְחִ֔יר וְלֹ֧א אַעֲלֶ֛ה לַיהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהַ֖י עֹל֣וֹת חִנָּ֑ם דָּוִ֤ד אֶת־ וַיִּ֨קֶן הַגֹּ֙רֶן֙ וְאֶת־ הַבָּקָ֔ר חֲמִשִּֽׁים׃ שְׁקָלִ֥ים בְּכֶ֖סֶף lō way·yō·mer ham·me·leḵ ’el- ’ă·raw·nāh kî- qā·nōw ’eq·neh mê·’ō·wṯ·ḵā bim·ḥîr wə·lō ’a·‘ă·leh Yah·weh ’ĕ·lō·hay ‘ō·lō·wṯ ḥin·nām dā·wiḏ ’eṯ- way·yi·qen hag·gō·ren wə·’eṯ- hab·bā·qār ḥă·miš·šîm šə·qā·lîm bə·ḵe·sep̄ — WLC · 24
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And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then the LORD answered the prayers on behalf of the land, and the plague upon Israel was halted.
𐤃𐤅𐤃 𐤔𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤍 𐤌𐤆𐤁𐤇 𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤋 𐤏𐤋𐤅𐤕 𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤕𐤓 𐤋𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤄𐤌𐤂𐤐𐤄 𐤌𐤏𐤋 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤕𐤏𐤑𐤓
דָּוִ֤ד שָׁ֨ם וַיִּבֶן֩ מִזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה וַיַּ֥עַל עֹל֖וֹת וּשְׁלָמִ֑ים יְהוָה֙ וַיֵּעָתֵ֤ר לָאָ֔רֶץ הַמַּגֵּפָ֖ה מֵעַ֥ל יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ וַתֵּעָצַ֥ר dā·wiḏ šām way·yi·ḇen miz·bê·aḥ Yah·weh way·ya·‘al ‘ō·lō·wṯ ū·šə·lā·mîm Yah·weh way·yê·‘ā·ṯêr lā·’ā·reṣ ham·mag·gê·p̄āh mê·‘al yiś·rā·’êl wat·tê·‘ā·ṣar — WLC · 25