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[1] Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to take a census of Israel. [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.” [3] Joab said, “May Yahweh 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?” [4] Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Therefore Joab departed and went throughout all Israel, then came to Jerusalem. [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. [6] But he didn’t count Levi and Benjamin among them, for the king’s word was abominable to Joab. [7] God was displeased with this thing; therefore he struck Israel. [8] David said to God, “I have sinned greatly, in that I have done this thing. But now put away, I beg you, the iniquity of your servant, for I have done very foolishly.” [9] Yahweh spoke to Gad, David’s seer, saying, [10] “Go and speak to David, saying, ‘Yahweh 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, “Yahweh 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 Yahweh, even pestilence in the land, and Yahweh’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 Yahweh’s hand, for his mercies are very great. Don’t let me fall into man’s hand.” [14] So Yahweh sent a pestilence on Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell. [15] God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. As he was about to destroy, Yahweh saw, and he relented of the disaster, and said to the destroying angel, “It is enough. Now withdraw your hand.” Yahweh’s angel was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. [16] David lifted up his eyes, and saw Yahweh’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. [17] David 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 Yahweh my God, be against me and against my father’s house; but not against your people, that they should be plagued.” [18] Then Yahweh’s angel commanded Gad to tell David that David should go up and raise an altar to Yahweh on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. [19] David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spoke in Yahweh’s name. [20] Ornan turned back and saw the angel; and his four sons who were with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat. [21] As David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshing floor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground. [22] Then David said to Ornan, “Sell me the place of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar to Yahweh on it. You shall sell it to me for the full price, that the plague may be stopped from afflicting the people.” [23] Ornan said to David, “Take it for yourself, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes. Behold, I give the oxen for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meal offering. I give it all.” [24] King David said to Ornan, “No, but I will most certainly buy it for the full price. For I will not take that which is yours for Yahweh, nor offer a burnt offering that costs me nothing.” [25] So David gave to Ornan six hundred shekelsⓘ of gold by weight for the place. [26] David built an altar to Yahweh there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called on Yahweh; and he answered him from the sky by fire on the altar of burnt offering. [27] Then Yahweh commanded the angel, and he put his sword back into its sheath. [28] At that time, when David saw that Yahweh had answered him in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there. [29] For Yahweh’s tabernacle, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering, were at that time in the high place at Gibeon. [30] But David couldn’t go before it to inquire of God, for he was afraid because of the sword of Yahweh’s angel.
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- A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.32 Troy ounces, so 600 shekels was about 6 kilograms or about 192 Troy ounces.
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[1] And SatanH7854 stood upH5975(QalImpf) against Israel,H3478 and provokedH5496(HiphImpf) DavidH1732 to numberH4487(QalInf) Israel.H3478 [2] And DavidH1732 saidH559(QalImpf) to JoabH3097 and to the rulersH8269 of the people,H5971 Go,H3212(QalImpv) numberH5608(QalImpv) IsraelH3478 from BeershebaH884 even to Dan;H1835 and bringH935(HiphImpv) the numberH4557 of them to me, that I may knowH3045(QalImpf) [it]. [3] And JoabH3097 answered,H559(QalImpf) The LordH3068 make his peopleH5971 an hundredH3967 timesH6471 so many moreH3254(HiphImpf) as theyH1992 [be]: but, my lordH113 the king,H4428 [are] they not all my lord’sH113 servants?H5650 why then doth my lordH113 requireH1245(PielImpf) this thing? why will he be a cause of trespassH819 to Israel?H3478 [4] Nevertheless the king’sH4428 wordH1697 prevailedH2388(QalPerf) against Joab.H3097 Wherefore JoabH3097 departed,H3318(QalImpf) and wentH1980(HithImpf) throughout all Israel,H3478 and cameH935(QalImpf) to Jerusalem.H3389 [5] And JoabH3097 gaveH5414(QalImpf) the sumH4557 of the numberH4662 of the peopleH5971 unto David.H1732 And all [they of] IsraelH3478 were a thousandH505 thousandH505 and an hundredH3967 thousandH505 menH376 that drewH8025(QalActPtc) sword:H2719 and JudahH3063 [was] fourH702 hundredH3967 threescore and tenH7657 thousandH505 menH376 that drewH8025(QalActPtc) sword.H2719 [6] But LeviH3878 and BenjaminH1144 countedH6485(QalPerf) he not amongH8432 them: for the king’sH4428 wordH1697 was abominableH8581(NiphPerf) to Joab.H3097 [7] And GodH430 was displeasedH3415(QalImpf) with this thing;H1697 therefore he smoteH5221(HiphImpf) Israel.H3478 [8] And DavidH1732 saidH559(QalImpf) unto God,H430 I have sinnedH2398(QalPerf) greatly,H3966 because I have doneH6213(QalPerf) this thing:H1697 but now, I beseech thee, do awayH5674(HiphImpv) the iniquityH5771 of thy servant;H5650 for I have done veryH3966 foolishly.H5528(NiphPerf) [9] And the LordH3068 spakeH1696(PielImpf) unto Gad,H1410 David’sH1732 seer,H2374 saying,H559(QalInf) [10] GoH3212(QalImpv) and tellH1696(PielPerf) David,H1732 saying,H559(QalInf) Thus saithH559(QalPerf) the Lord,H3068 I offerH5186(QalActPtc) thee threeH7969 [things]: chooseH977(QalImpv) thee oneH259 of them,H2007 that I may doH6213(QalImpf) [it] unto thee. [11] So GadH1410 cameH935(QalImpf) to David,H1732 and saidH559(QalImpf) unto him, Thus saithH559(QalPerf) the Lord,H3068 ChooseH6901(PielImpv) thee [12] Either threeH7969 years’H8141 famine;H7458 or threeH7969 monthsH2320 to be destroyedH5595(NiphPtc) beforeH6440 thy foes,H6862 while that the swordH2719 of thine enemiesH341(QalActPtc) overtakethH5381(HiphPtc) [thee]; orH518 else threeH7969 daysH3117 the swordH2719 of the Lord,H3068 even the pestilence,H1698 in the land,H776 and the angelH4397 of the LordH3068 destroyingH7843(HiphPtc) throughout all the coastsH1366 of Israel.H3478 Now therefore adviseH7200(QalImpv) thyself what wordH1697 I shall bring againH7725(HiphImpf) to him that sentH7971(QalActPtc) me. [13] And DavidH1732 saidH559(QalImpf) unto Gad,H1410 I am in a greatH3966 strait:H6887(QalPerf) let me fallH5307(QalImpf) now into the handH3027 of the Lord;H3068 for veryH3966 greatH7227 [are] his mercies:H7356 but let me not fallH5307(QalImpf) into the handH3027 of man.H120 [14] So the LordH3068 sentH5414(QalImpf) pestilenceH1698 upon Israel:H3478 and there fellH5307(QalImpf) of IsraelH3478 seventyH7657 thousandH505 men.H376 [15] And GodH430 sentH7971(QalImpf) an angelH4397 unto JerusalemH3389 to destroyH7843(HiphInf) it: and as he was destroying,H7843(HiphInf) the LordH3068 beheld,H7200(QalPerf) and he repentedH5162(NiphImpf) him of the evil,H7451 and saidH559(QalImpf) to the angelH4397 that destroyed,H7843(HiphPtc) It is enough,H7227 stayH7503(HiphImpv) now thine hand.H3027 And the angelH4397 of the LordH3068 stoodH5975(QalActPtc) by the threshingfloorH1637 of OrnanH771 the Jebusite.H2983 [16] And DavidH1732 lifted upH5375(QalImpf) his eyes,H5869 and sawH7200(QalImpf) the angelH4397 of the LordH3068 standH5975(QalActPtc) between the earthH776 and the heaven,H8064 having a drawnH8025(QalPasPtc) swordH2719 in his handH3027 stretched outH5186(QalPasPtc) over Jerusalem.H3389 Then DavidH1732 and the eldersH2205 [of Israel, who were] clothedH3680(PualPtc) in sackcloth,H8242 fellH5307(QalImpf) upon their faces.H6440 [17] And DavidH1732 saidH559(QalImpf) unto God,H430 [Is it] not I [that] commandedH559(QalPerf) the peopleH5971 to be numbered?H4487(QalInf) even I it is that have sinnedH2398(QalPerf) and done evilH7489(HiphPerf) indeed;H7489(HiphInf) but [as for] these sheep,H6629 what have they done?H6213(QalPerf) let thine hand,H3027 I pray thee, O LordH3068 my God,H430 be on me, and on my father’sH1 house;H1004 but not on thy people,H5971 that they should be plagued.H4046 [18] Then the angelH4397 of the LordH3068 commandedH559(QalPerf) GadH1410 to sayH559(QalInf) to David,H1732 that DavidH1732 should go up,H5927(QalImpf) and set upH6965(HiphInf) an altarH4196 unto the LordH3068 in the threshingfloorH1637 of OrnanH771 the Jebusite.H2983 [19] And DavidH1732 went upH5927(QalImpf) at the sayingH1697 of Gad,H1410 which he spakeH1696(PielPerf) in the nameH8034 of the Lord.H3068 [20] And OrnanH771 turned back,H7725(QalImpf) and sawH7200(QalImpf) the angel;H4397 and his fourH702 sonsH1121 with him hidH2244(HithPtc) themselves. Now OrnanH771 was threshingH1758(QalPerf) wheat.H2406 [21] And as DavidH1732 cameH935(QalImpf) to Ornan,H771 OrnanH771 lookedH5027(HiphImpf) and sawH7200(QalImpf) David,H1732 and went outH3318(QalImpf) of the threshingfloor,H1637 and bowedH7812(HithImpf) himself to DavidH1732 with [his] faceH639 to the ground.H776 [22] Then DavidH1732 saidH559(QalImpf) to Ornan,H771 GrantH5414(QalImpv) me the placeH4725 of [this] threshingfloor,H1637 that I may buildH1129(QalImpf) an altarH4196 therein unto the Lord:H3068 thou shalt grantH5414(QalImpv) it me for the fullH4392 price:H3701 that the plagueH4046 may be stayedH6113(NiphImpf) from the people.H5971 [23] And OrnanH771 saidH559(QalImpf) unto David,H1732 TakeH3947(QalImpv) [it] to thee, and let my lordH113 the kingH4428 doH6213(QalImpf) [that which is] goodH2896 in his eyes:H5869 lo,H7200(QalImpv) I giveH5414(QalPerf) [thee] the oxenH1241 [also] for burnt offerings,H5930 and the threshing instrumentsH4173 for wood,H6086 and the wheatH2406 for the meat offering;H4503 I giveH5414(QalPerf) it all. [24] And kingH4428 DavidH1732 saidH559(QalImpf) to Ornan,H771 Nay; but I will verilyH7069(QalInf) buyH7069(QalImpf) it for the fullH4392 price:H3701 for I will not takeH5375(QalImpf) [that] which [is] thine for the Lord,H3068 nor offerH5927(HiphInf) burnt offeringsH5930 without cost.H2600 [25] So DavidH1732 gaveH5414(QalImpf) to OrnanH771 for the placeH4725 sixH8337 hundredH3967 shekelsH8255 of goldH2091 by weight.H4948 [26] And DavidH1732 builtH1129(QalImpf) there an altarH4196 unto the Lord,H3068 and offeredH5927(HiphImpf) burnt offeringsH5930 and peace offerings,H8002 and calledH7121(QalImpf) upon the Lord;H3068 and he answeredH6030(QalImpf) him from heavenH8064 by fireH784 upon the altarH4196 of burnt offering.H5930 [27] And the LordH3068 commandedH559(QalImpf) the angel;H4397 and he put upH7725 his swordH2719 againH7725(HiphImpf) into the sheathH5084 thereof. [28] At that timeH6256 when DavidH1732 sawH7200(QalInf) that the LordH3068 had answeredH6030(QalPerf) him in the threshingfloorH1637 of OrnanH771 the Jebusite,H2983 then he sacrificedH2076(QalImpf) there. [29] For the tabernacleH4908 of the Lord,H3068 which MosesH4872 madeH6213(QalPerf) in the wilderness,H4057 and the altarH4196 of the burnt offering,H5930 [were] at that seasonH6256 in the high placeH1116 at Gibeon.H1391 [30] But DavidH1732 couldH3201(QalPerf) not goH3212(QalInf) beforeH6440 it to enquireH1875(QalInf) of God:H430 for he was afraidH1204(NiphPerf) becauseH6440 of the swordH2719 of the angelH4397 of the Lord.H3068
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