Nehemiah 9:23

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

You multiplied their descendants like the stars of the sky and brought them to the land you told their ancestors to go in and possess.

Cross References

Genesis 22:17

I will indeed bless you  and make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky  and the sand on the seashore.  Your offspring will possess the city gates of their  enemies.

Genesis 15:5

He took him outside and said, ‘Look at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them.’ Then he said to him, ‘Your offspring will be that numerous.’

1 Chronicles 27:23

David didn’t count the men aged twenty or under, for the Lord had said he would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.

Genesis 26:3

stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you.  For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring,  and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.

Genesis 17:8

And to you and your future offspring  , I will give the land where you are residing #– #all the land of Canaan #– #as a permanent possession,  and I will be their God.’

Genesis 15:18

On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, ‘I give this land to your offspring,  from the Brook of Egypt  to the great river, the River Euphrates:

Genesis 12:7

The Lord appeared to Abram and said, ‘To your offspring  , I will give this land.’ So he built an altar there to the Lord who had appeared to him.

Deuteronomy 28:62

Though you were as numerous as the stars of the sky, you will be left with only a few people, because you did not obey the Lord your God.

Exodus 1:7

But the Israelites were fruitful, increased rapidly, multiplied, and became extremely numerous  so that the land was filled with them.

Exodus 1:12

But the more they oppressed them, the more they multiplied and spread so that the Egyptians came to dread  the Israelites.