What have these sheep done? What sin have these sheep committed?!

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What have these sheep done? What sin have these sheep committed?!

What have these sheep done? What sin have these sheep committed?!

Figuratively: They are innocent people who have not sinned and should not be punished. A plea for mercy on the innocent.

("And David spoke to the Lord when he saw the angel that struck the people, and said: 'Behold, I have sinned, and I have acted wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? Let Your hand, I pray, be against me and against my father's house.'" - II Samuel 24:17)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אֵלֶּה הַצֹּאן מֶה עָשׂוּ?, אֵלֶּה הַצֹּאן מֶה חָטְאוּ?!

Definition (Hebrew)

בִּמְלִיצָה: הֵם אֲנָשִׁים תְּמִימִים שֶׁלֹּא חָטְאוּ וְאֵין לְהַעֲנִישָׁם. בַּקָּשַׁת רַחֲמִים עַל חַפִּים מִפֶּשַׁע.

("וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד אֶל ה' בִּרְאֹתוֹ אֶת הַמַּלְאָךְ הַמַּכֶּה בָעָם וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי חָטָאתִי וְאָנֹכִי הֶעֱוֵיתִי וְאֵלֶּה הַצֹּאן מֶה עָשׂוּ תְּהִי נָא יָדְךָ בִּי וּבְבֵית אָבִי"- שְׁמוּאֵל ב כַּד יז)

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