Yeah. In a nutshell. The number of commentaries, old and new, formal and informal, asking the exact same questions from every possible angle, are countless. And every single one of them is pointed at trying to make it make some kind of sense, lol.
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dynamojoe@lemmy.world 8 months agoThat’s such a weird passage. I can’t be understanding this correctly. God tells David to count the people. David sends his generals to count the people. They report the count back to David, who apologizes and says he sinned for doing what God told him to do? IDGI
ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 8 months ago
ExFed@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Turns out there’s a lot of historical context. Also, whether it was God or Satan who influenced David is somewhat ambiguous thanks to quirks in translation.
www.gotquestions.org/David-census.html
dynamojoe@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Thanks!