2 Samuel 24:10-12

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

Judgment on David’s Sin

¹⁰ But David’s heart smote him after he had numbered the people. And David said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O Lord, I pray thee, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.” ¹¹ And when David arose in the morning, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying, ¹² “Go and say to David, ‘Thus says the Lord, Three things I offer^[a] you; choose one of them, that I may do it to you.’”