And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man’s lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
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Interpretation
God will not suffer his people to lie still in sin. By this parable Nathan drew from David a sentence against himself.
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This thought runs through 2 Samuel 12:2-6.