God was very displeased with the census, and he punished Israel for it.

神不喜悦这数点百姓的事，便降灾给以色列人。

这件事在上帝眼中看为恶，上帝就降灾给以色列。

这件事在神眼中看为恶，神就降灾给以色列。

上帝也不喜悦这事，便降灾给以色列人。

神不喜悦这事，所以他击打以色列人。

神不喜悅這數點百姓的事，便降災給以色列人。

這件事在上帝眼中看為惡，上帝就降災給以色列。

這件事在神眼中看為惡，神就降災給以色列。

上帝也不喜悅這事，便降災給以色列人。

神不喜悅這事，所以他擊打以色列人。

這件事上帝看為大壞事，故此他擊打了以色列人。

上帝不悅此事、遂擊以色列人、

大闢所為、上帝不悅、遂擊以色列族。

天主不悅此事、遂擊以色列人、

This command was also evil in the sight of God; so he punished Israel.

It was also evil in the sight of God. So he punished Israel.

But God was displeased with this thing, and he struck Israel.

This command was also evil in God’s sight, so he afflicted Israel.

Now God was displeased with this thing, so He struck Israel.

And God was displeased with this thing; therefore He struck Israel.

And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.

This command was also evil in God’s sight, so He afflicted Israel.

And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.

God was also offended by it, so he attacked Israel.

God was displeased with this thing; therefore he struck Israel.

For David had done what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight and had obeyed the Lord’s commands throughout his life, except in the affair concerning Uriah the Hittite.

There was a famine during David’s reign that lasted for three years, so David asked the Lord about it. And the Lord said,“ The famine has come because Saul and his family are guilty of murdering the Gibeonites.”

But Israel violated the instructions about the things set apart for the Lord. A man named Achan had stolen some of these dedicated things, so the Lord was very angry with the Israelites. Achan was the son of Carmi, a descendant of Zimri son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah.

“ Get up! Command the people to purify themselves in preparation for tomorrow. For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Hidden among you, O Israel, are things set apart for the Lord. You will never defeat your enemies until you remove these things from among you.

chased the Israelites from the town gate as far as the quarries, and they killed about thirty six who were retreating down the slope. The Israelites were paralyzed with fear at this turn of events, and their courage melted away.

“ The whole community of the Lord demands to know why you are betraying the God of Israel. How could you turn away from the Lord and build an altar for yourselves in rebellion against him?Was our sin at Peor not enough? To this day we are not fully cleansed of it, even after the plague that struck the entire community of the Lord.And yet today you are turning away from following the Lord. If you rebel against the Lord today, he will be angry with all of us tomorrow.“ If you need the altar because the land you possess is defiled, then join us in the Lord’s land, where the Tabernacle of the Lord is situated, and share our land with us. But do not rebel against the Lord or against us by building an altar other than the one true altar of the Lord our God.Didn’t divine anger fall on the entire community of Israel when Achan, a member of the clan of Zerah, sinned by stealing the things set apart for the Lord? He was not the only one who died because of his sin.”Then the people of Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh answered the heads of the clans of Israel:“ The Lord, the Mighty One, is God! The Lord, the Mighty One, is God! He knows the truth, and may Israel know it, too! We have not built the altar in treacherous rebellion against the Lord. If we have done so, do not spare our lives this day.If we have built an altar for ourselves to turn away from the Lord or to offer burnt offerings or grain offerings or peace offerings, may the Lord himself punish us.“ The truth is, we have built this altar because we fear that in the future your descendants will say to ours,‘ What right do you have to worship the Lord, the God of Israel?The Lord has placed the Jordan River as a barrier between our people and you people of Reuben and Gad. You have no claim to the Lord.’ So your descendants may prevent our descendants from worshiping the Lord.“ So we decided to build the altar, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices,

Once again the anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and he caused David to harm them by taking a census.“ Go and count the people of Israel and Judah,” the Lord told him.

When the period of mourning was over, David sent for her and brought her to the palace, and she became one of his wives. Then she gave birth to a son. But the Lord was displeased with what David had done.

So the Lord sent a plague upon Israel, and 70,000 people died as a result.

Then the king ordered that they bury the bones in the tomb of Kish, Saul’s father, at the town of Zela in the land of Benjamin. After that, God ended the famine in the land.