2 Samuel 24:15-17 And Yahweh gives a pestilence on Israel from the morning even unto the time appointed, and there die of the people, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, seventy thousand men,

CLV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁵ And Yahweh gives a pestilence on Israel from the morning even unto the time appointed, and there die of the people, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, seventy thousand men, ¹⁶ and the messenger puts forth his hand to Jerusalem to destroy it, and Yahweh repents concerning the evil, and said to the messenger who is destroying among the people, `Enough, now, cease your hand;' and the messenger of Yahweh was near the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite. ¹⁷ And David speaks unto Yahweh, when he sees the messenger who is smiting among the people, and said, `Lo, I have sinned, yea, I have done perversely; and these--the flock--what have they done? Let, I pray You, Your hand be on me, and on the house of my father..