Deuteronomy 10:22

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.

With threescore

Genesis 46:27

Exodus 1:5

Acts 7:14

As the stars

Bible References

With threescore

And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob that came to Egypt were seventy.

And all the souls that had come out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls; and Joseph was in Egypt.

And Joseph sent and called down to him his father Jacob and all his kindred, seventy-five souls.

As the stars

Jehovah your God hath multiplied you, and behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.

And ye shall be left a small company, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou hast not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah thy God.

And he led him out, and said, Look now toward the heavens, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them. And he said to him, So shall thy seed be!

These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred and one thousand seven hundred and thirty.

And their children thou didst multiply as the stars of heaven, and thou broughtest them into the land concerning which thou didst say to their fathers that they should go in to possess it.

Wherefore also there have been born of one, and that of one become dead, even as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as the countless sand which is by the sea shore.