8 And David faid unto God,* T have ſinned greatly, ki thing.” becauſe I have done this thing ; * but now I beſeech * 2 Sam. | thee, do away the iniquity of thy ſervant, for I have 24 Gans done very fooliſhly, I
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-12 Either three years famine, or three menths to be #9 #/* deſtroyed before thy foes, ( while that the ſword of thine enemics overtaketh zhee ) or elſe three days the word of the LORD, even the peſtilence in the land, and the angel of the LORD deſtroying throughout all che coaſts of Iſrael. Now therefore adviſe thy ſelf what word I {hall bring again to him that {ent me. |
13 And David ſent unto Gad, I am in a great ſtraſt : let me fall now into the hand of the LORD, (for very [great are his meicies) but let me not fall into t of man. |
14 So the LORD ſent peſtilence upon Iſrael ; and there fell of Iſrael ſeventy thoutand men.
15 And God lent aa * angel unto Jeruſalem to de-* 2 Sam; {troy it : and as he was deſtroying, the LORD beheld, 24. 16. ind tie repented him of che evil, and ſaid to the angel tat deftroyed,Tt is enough,ſtay now thine hand. And c1e Angel of the LORD ltood by the threſhold-floor of || Ornan the Jebulite. | Or 4rays
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17 And David laid unto God, Is it not | that com- ,nanded the people ro be numbred ? even [ it is that nave ſinned and done evil indeed ; bur as for theſe ſheep what have chey done ? let chine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my fathers houſe, but nor on thy people, that they ſhould be plagued.
18 TacnÞ the * angel of the LORD commanded + 11. Gad to izy to David, that David ſhou!d go up and ſet a» anget- up an alcar upon. the LORU, in che thrething-floor of 2:34, Ornan the jebutice. |
19 Ard David went up at the ſaying of Gad, which he ſpake in the name of the LORD |
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, ” or the Building of the Temple, 1 5. Inſerufeth Sole- __ yo ta uo and bis | 106166 . he chargeth the Princes to- affiſt his Son, 19 ——19.
"Hen David ſaid a, * This is the houſe of the | LORD God 6, and this 5s the altar of burnt-offe- ring for Iſrael. | Þ
s Partly by his obſervation of this gracious and glorious Appea- rance of God, and his command to erect an Altar and his Accep- tance of a Sacriſice offered in this place : & partly by the Inſtin&t and Dire&ion of Gods Spirit, by which as he is ſaid to have had the patern of the houſe, Perch, Altar, &c. 1Chron. 28:11,2,19- Jo doubtleſs he was alſo inſtruged as to the-place where the Houſe ſhould be built, 6 This is the place appointed by God for the building of his Temple and Altar.