1 Chronicles 21:6-8

GOD’S WORD Translation

⁶ Joab didn’t include Levi and Benjamin in the number because he was disgusted with the king’s order.

⁷ God considered the census to be sinful, so he struck Israel ⌞with a plague⌟.

⁸ David said to God, “I have committed a terrible sin by doing this thing. Forgive me because I have acted very foolishly.”