Nehemiah 9:23

The English Standar Version

You multiplied their children as the stars of heaven, and you brought them into the land that you had told their fathers to enter and possess.

Cross References

Genesis 12:7

Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, "To your offspring I will give this land." So he built there an altar to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

Genesis 15:18

On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your offspring I give[3] this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates,

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."

Genesis 17:8

And I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God."

Genesis 22:17

I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his[4] enemies,

Genesis 26:3

Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and will bless you, for to you and to your offspring I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham your father.

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.

Exodus 1:12

But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And the Egyptians were in dread of the people of Israel.

Exodus 1:7

But the people of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.

Deuteronomy 28:62

Whereas you were as numerous as the stars of heaven, you shall be left few in number, because you did not obey the voice of the LORD your God.