2 Samuel 24:10-12

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Judgment on David’s Sin

¹⁰ But afterward, 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.”^{(A) 11} When David rose in the morning, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,^{(B) 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.”^(C)