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1 Chronicles 21:9

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7 This command was also evil in the sight of God; so He struck Israel.

8 Then David said to God, “I have sinned greatly because I have done this thing. Now I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”

And the LORD instructed Gad, David’s seer,

10 “Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’”

11 So Gad went and said to David, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You must choose

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
And the LORD instructed Gad, David’s seer,
KJV
And the LORD spake unto Gad, David’s seer, saying,
WEB
The LORD spoke to Gad, David’s seer, saying,
ASV
And Jehovah spake unto Gad, David`s seer, saying,
DARBY
And Jehovah spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,
BLB
And YHWH spoke to Gad, seer of David, saying,
ÅB
Men Herren talte til Gad, Davids seer, og sa:
OTB
Herren ga da en beskjed til Gad, Davids seer,
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Men Herren talte til Gad, Davids seer, og sa:

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  • 1 Samuel 9:9

    (Formerly in Israel, a man on his way to inquire of God would say, “Come, let us go to the seer.” For the prophet of today was formerly called the seer.)

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  • 2 Samuel 24:11

    When David got up in the morning, a revelation from the LORD had come to Gad the prophet, David’s seer:

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  • 1 Chronicles 29:29

    Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are indeed written in the Chronicles of Samuel the Seer, the Chronicles of Nathan the Prophet, and the Chronicles of Gad the Seer,

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