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14 Then David said to Gad, “I am in great distress. Let us fall into the hand of the Lord, (A)for his mercy is great; but let me not fall into the hand of man.”

15 (B)So the Lord sent a pestilence on Israel from the morning until the appointed time. And there died of the people from (C)Dan to Beersheba 70,000 men. 16 And when (D)the angel stretched out his hand towards Jerusalem (E)to destroy it, (F)the Lord relented from the calamity and said to the angel (G)who was working destruction among the people, “It is enough; now stay your hand.” And (H)the angel of the Lord was by the threshing floor of (I)Araunah the Jebusite.

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14 David said to Gad, “I am in deep distress. Let us fall into the hands of the Lord, for his mercy(A) is great; but do not let me fall into human hands.”

15 So the Lord sent a plague on Israel from that morning until the end of the time designated, and seventy thousand of the people from Dan to Beersheba died.(B) 16 When the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord relented(C) concerning the disaster and said to the angel who was afflicting the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand.” The angel of the Lord(D) was then at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

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