1 Chronicles 27:23

David did not count those below twenty years of age, for the LORD had promised to make Israel as many as the stars of heaven.

Genesis 15:5

And he brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be."

and on the first day of the second month, they assembled the whole congregation together, who registered themselves by clans, by fathers' houses, according to the number of names from twenty years old and upward, head by head,

1 Chronicles 21:2-5

So David said to Joab and the commanders of the army, "Go, number Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, and bring me a report, that I may know their number."

Hebrews 11:12

Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born descendants as many as the stars of heaven and as many as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.

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Summary

1 Chronicles 27:23

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.

From twenty

Numbers 1:18

He would increase

Genesis 15:5

Hebrews 11:12

General references

Genesis 13:16

Bible References

From twenty

He would increase

And he brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be."

Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born descendants as many as the stars of heaven and as many as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.

General references

I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted.

1 Chronicles 27:23