Border with David Pleading with God to End the Pestilence

With the pitiful corpses of his countrymen lying in a valley beneath him, David addresses God directly with a heart-felt plea to punish him and his family instead of the population at large: "I am the one who has sinned, I have done wrong: these who are the sheep, what have they done? I entreat you to turn your hand against me and against my father's house." (2 Samuel 24:17) On the facing page, Christ in a similar manner accepts the sacrifice of his own life in exchange for remission of the world's sins.