- Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, "Go and take a census of Israel and Judah."
- So the king said to Joab and the army commanders with him, "Go throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and enroll the fighting men, so that I may know how many there are."
- But Joab replied to the king, "May the LORD your God multiply the troops a hundred times over, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?"
- The king's word, however, overruled Joab and the army commanders; so they left the presence of the king to enroll the fighting men of Israel.
- After crossing the Jordan, they camped near Aroer, south of the town in the gorge, and then went through Gad and on to Jazer.
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- 耶和華又向以色列人發怒、就激動大衛、使他吩咐人去數點以色列人和猶大人。
- 大衛就吩咐跟隨他的元帥約押說、你去走遍以色列眾支派、從但直到別是巴、數點百姓、我好知道他們的數目。
- 約押對王說、無論百姓多少、願耶和華你的 神再加增百倍、使我主我王親眼得見.我主我王何必喜悅行這事呢。
- 但王的命令勝過約押和眾軍長、約押和眾軍長、就從王面前出去、數點以色列的百姓。
- 他們過了約但河、在迦得谷中城的右邊亞羅珥安營、與雅謝相對.
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