2 Samuel 24:10-12

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

Judgement on David’s Sin

¹⁰ But afterwards, David was stricken to the heart because he had numbered the people. David said to the Lord, ‘I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O Lord, I pray you, take away the guilt of your servant; for I have done very foolishly.’ ¹¹ When David rose in the morning, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying, ¹² ‘Go and say to David: Thus says the Lord: Three things I offer^[a] you; choose one of them, and I will do it to you.’