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1 Chronicles 21:11
And when Gad was come to David, he said to him: Thus saith the Lord: choose which thou wilt:
1 Chronicles 21:11 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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1 Chronicles 21:11 in other translations
So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee
So Gad went and said to David, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You must choose
So Gad came to David and said to him, “The LORD says, ‘Take your choice:
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In context
8 And David said to God: I have sinned exceedingly in doing this: I beseech thee take away the iniquity of thy servant, for I have done foolishly.
9 And the Lord spoke to Gad the seer of David, saying:
10 Go, and speak to David, and tell him: Thus saith the Lord: I give thee the choice of three things: choose one which thou wilt, and I will do it to thee.
11 And when Gad was come to David, he said to him: Thus saith the Lord: choose which thou wilt:
12 Either three years famine: or three months to flee from thy enemies, and not to be able to escape their sword: or three days to have the sword of the Lord, and pestilence in the land, and the angel of the Lord destroying in all the coasts of Israel: now therefore see what I shall answer him who sent me.
13 And David said to Gad: I am on every side in a great strait: but it is better for me to fall into the hands of the Lord, for his mercies are many, than into the hands of men.
14 So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel. And there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.
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