Satan. See note on 2 Samuel 24:1.
trespass. guilt. See Exodus 30:11-16. The Tabernacle was erected with the ransom paid for 600,000. The site of the Temple obtained at the cost of 70,000 souls.
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1 Chronicles 21:1
1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.