where the LORD said to them,
and said, “Your Majesty! Why have you come to see me?” David answered, “I've come to buy your threshing place. I have to build the LORD an altar here, so this disease will stop killing the people.”
Yet God was kind. He kept forgiving their sins and didn't destroy them. He often became angry, but never lost his temper.
So Moses and Aaron walked to the front of the tent,
“Stand back! I am going to wipe out these Israelites once and for all.” They immediately bowed down and prayed.
