1 Chronicles 27:23
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“David did not count the men aged twenty or under, because the LORD had said that He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.”
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“David did not count the men aged twenty or under, because the LORD had said that He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under, because Jehovah had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of heaven.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And David hath not taken up their number from a son of twenty years and under, for Jehovah said to multiply Israel as the stars of the heavens.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Chronicles 27:23 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 15:5And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”
- Genesis 22:17I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
- Numbers 1:18and on the first day of the second month they assembled the whole congregation and recorded their ancestry by clans and families, counting one by one the names of those twenty years of age or older,
- 2 Samuel 24:1Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.”
- 1 Chronicles 21:2So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan and bring me a report, so that I may know their number.”
- Hebrews 11:12And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.
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