and the Lord said to Moses,
“Why has Your Majesty come to see me, your servant?” Araunah asked. “To buy your threshing floor so I can build an altar to the Lord in order that the plague on the people may be stopped.” David replied.
But being compassionate he pardoned their guilt and did not destroy all of them. He often held back his anger—he did not pour out all his fury.
Moses and Aaron went and stood at the front of the Tent of Meeting,
“Get away from these people and I will finish them off immediately.” Moses and Aaron fell facedown on the ground.
