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1 Chronicles 21:1-3
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
1 Chronicles 21:1-3
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
The Census and Plague
21 [a]Satan stood up against Israel, and incited David to number Israel. 2 So David said to Jo′ab and the commanders of the army, “Go, number Israel, from Beer-sheba to Dan, and bring me a report, that I may know their number.” 3 But Jo′ab said, “May the Lord add to his people a hundred times as many as they are! Are they not, my lord the king, all of them my lord’s servants? Why then should my lord require this? Why should he bring guilt upon Israel?”
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- 21–end 21–end: In these chapters the Chronicler enlarges on the organization of divine worship and of the clergy charged with carrying it out. He records the erection of a (permanent) altar to Yahweh on the site of the future temple and even describes David’s preparation for the temple construction.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)
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