9 Bible Verses about Numbering

The Lord took him outside and said, "Gaze into the sky and count the stars -- if you are able to count them!" Then he said to him, "So will your descendants be."

"'When the man with the discharge becomes clean from his discharge he is to count off for himself seven days for his purification, and he must wash his clothes, bathe in fresh water, and be clean.

"'You must count off seven weeks of years, seven times seven years, and the days of the seven weeks of years will amount to forty-nine years.

"You and Eleazar the priest, and all the family leaders of the community, take the sum of the plunder that was captured, both people and animals.

You must count seven weeks; you must begin to count them from the time you begin to harvest the standing grain.

David said to God, "Was I not the one who decided to number the army? I am the one who sinned and committed this awful deed! As for these sheep -- what have they done? O Lord my God, attack me and my family, but remove the plague from your people!"

I can count all my bones; my enemies are gloating over me in triumph.

Walk around Zion! Encircle it! Count its towers!

You counted the houses in Jerusalem, and demolished houses so you could have material to reinforce the wall.