1 Chronicles 21:17-19

The Voice

David (calling out to God): ¹⁷ Wasn’t I the one who commanded the census? I, the shepherd, certainly have sinned and done evil; but what have the rest of the nation, Your sheep, done? Eternal One, my True God, please punish only me and my father’s household, not all of Your people.

Messenger (commanding Gad): ¹⁸ Tell David to build an altar to the Eternal on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.