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The LORD sends a pestilence and tells the destroying angel to withdraw his hand, and David falls on his face with the elders and speaks to God

여호와께서 온역을 내리시고 멸하는 사자에게 손을 거두라 하시며 다윗이 장로들과 엎드려 하나님께 아룀

1 Chronicles 21:14–17: the text says, “So the LORD sent a pestilence on Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell. God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. As he was about to destroy, the LORD saw, and he relented of the disaster”. The LORD says to the destroying angel, “It is enough. Now withdraw your hand.” The text goes on, “the LORD’s angel was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. David lifted up his eyes, and saw the LORD’s angel standing between earth and the sky, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces.” David says to God, “Isn’t it I who commanded the people to be counted? It is even I who have sinned and done very wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand, O LORD my God, be against me and against my father’s house; but not against your people, that they should be plagued.” The Korean Revised Version reads 뉘우치사 (repented) at 21:15 where WEB has “relented”, and says at 21:16 that the angel, holding the drawn sword in his hand, pointed toward Jerusalem (칼을 빼어 손에 들고 예루살렘 편을 가리켰는지라).

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1CH 21:14–17, engwebp
¹⁴So the LORD sent a pestilence on Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell.
¹⁵God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. As he was about to destroy, the LORD saw, and he relented of the disaster, and said to the destroying angel, “It is enough. Now withdraw your hand.” the LORD’s angel was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
¹⁶David lifted up his eyes, and saw the LORD’s angel standing between earth and the sky, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces.
¹⁷David said to God, “Isn’t it I who commanded the people to be counted? It is even I who have sinned and done very wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand, O LORD my God, be against me and against my father’s house; but not against your people, that they should be plagued.”
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Evidence: 1 Chronicles 21:14–17
The LORD sends a pestilence and tells the destroying angel to withdraw his hand, and David falls on his face with the elders and speaks to God — Narrated location — Jerusalem

Evidence: 1 Chronicles 21:14–17
The LORD sends a pestilence and tells the destroying angel to withdraw his hand, and David falls on his face with the elders and speaks to God — Narrated location — Threshing floor of Ornan

Evidence: 1 Chronicles 21:14–17

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Entry: The LORD sends a pestilence and tells the destroying angel to withdraw his hand, and David falls on his face with the elders and speaks to God (event-1ch-21-the-pestilence-and-the-angel-by-the-threshing-floor-of-ornan)
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Current wording: 1 Chronicles 21:14–17: the text says, “So the LORD sent a pestilence on Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell. God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. As he was about to destroy, the LORD saw, and he relented of the disaster”. The LORD says to the destroying angel, “It is enough. Now withdraw your hand.” The text goes on, “the LORD’s angel was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. David lifted up his eyes, and saw the LORD’s angel standing between earth and the sky, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces.” David says to God, “Isn’t it I who commanded the people to be counted? It is even I who have sinned and done very wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand, O LORD my God, be against me and against my father’s house; but not against your people, that they should be plagued.” The Korean Revised Version reads 뉘우치사 (repented) at 21:15 where WEB has “relented”, and says at 21:16 that the angel, holding the drawn sword in his hand, pointed toward Jerusalem (칼을 빼어 손에 들고 예루살렘 편을 가리켰는지라).
Cited evidence: 1CH 21:14–17, engwebp
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