17 And when he had seen the Angel cutting down the people, David said to the Lord: 'I am the one who sinned. I have acted iniquitously. These ones who are the sheep, what have they done? I beg you that your hand may be turned against me and against my father's house.'
18 Then Gad went to David on that day, and he said, 'Ascend and construct an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.'
19 And David ascended in accord with the word of Gad, which the Lord had commanded to him.
20 And looking out, Araunah turned his attention to the king and his servants, passing toward him.
21 And going out, he adored the king, lying prone with his face to the ground, and he said, 'What is the reason that my lord the king has come to his servant?' And David said to him, 'So as to purchase the threshing floor from you, and to build an altar to the Lord, and to quiet the plague that rages among the people.'
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