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1 Chronicles 27:23 But David did not count those twenty years of age and under, because the LORD had said He would multiply Israel as the stars of heaven. (NASB ©1995)Genesis 15:5 And He took him outside and said, "Now look toward the heavens, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." And He said to him, "So shall your descendants be."
Genesis 22:17 indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies.
Genesis 26:4 "I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give your descendants all these lands; and by your descendants all the nations of the earth shall be blessed;
1 Chronicles 21:2 So David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, "Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan, and bring me word that I may know their number." (NASB ©1995) Treasury of Scripture Knowledge But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens.David took not It seems probable, from this passage, that Joab began, by David's order, to number the children, as well as adults, but was prevented from finishing the account, probably because the plague had begun. The numbering of the effective men might have been deemed a political expedient; but pride and ostentation alone could dictate the numbering of minors and infants, especially as God had pronounced the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, innumerable. from twenty Nu 1:18 he would increase Ge 15:5 Heb 11:12 Concordance Entries Age Below Count David Didn't Heaven Heavens Increase Less Multiply Numerous Promised Sky Stars Twenty Jump to Previous Occurrence Age Below Count David Heaven Heavens Increase Israel Less Multiply Numerous Promised Sky Stars Twenty Jump to Next Occurrence Age Below Count David Heaven Heavens Increase Israel Less Multiply Numerous Promised Sky Stars Twenty New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. | 
