Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
As the Lord commanded Moses, etc.—The numbering of the people was not an act sinful in itself, as Moses did it by divine appointment; but David incurred guilt by doing it without the authority of God. (See on II Samuel 24:10).
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