1 Chronicles 27:23

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But David would not number them from twenty years old and under: because the Lord had said that he would multiply Israel like the stars of heaven.

Cross References

Genesis 15:5

And he thought him forth abroad, and said to him: Look up to heaven, and number the stars, if thou canst. And he said to him: So shall thy seed be.

Hebrews 11:12

For which cause there sprung even from one (and him as good as dead) as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.

Numbers 1:18

And assembled them on the first day of the second month, reckoning them up by the kindreds, and houses, and families, and heads, and names of every one from twenty years old and upward:

Genesis 22:17

I will bless thee, and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is by the seashore. Thy seed shall possess the gates of their enemies.

Genesis 26:4

And I will multiply thy seed like the stars of heaven: and I will give to thy posterity all these countries. And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.

2 Samuel 24:1

And the anger of the Lord was again kindled against Israel, and stirred up David among them, saying: Go, number Israel and Juda.