1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| I Chronicles 21:3 | And Joab answered: The Lord make his people a hundred times more than they are: but, my lord the king, are they not all thy servants? why doth my lord seek this thing, which may be imputed as a sin to Israel? | Israel, who will be severely punished. (Calmet) --- Sin is often used in this sense. (Vatable) |