Deuteronomy 10:22
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22 When your ancestors went down into Egypt, there were only seventy of them. But now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky!
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Genesis 46:27
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27 In addition, Joseph had two sons[a] who were born in Egypt. So altogether, there were seventy[b] members of Jacob’s family in the land of Egypt.
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- 46:27a Greek version reads nine sons, probably including Joseph’s grandsons through Ephraim and Manasseh (see 1 Chr 7:14-20).
- 46:27b Greek version reads seventy-five; see note on Exod 1:5.
Genesis 15:5
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5 Then the Lord took Abram outside and said to him, “Look up into the sky and count the stars if you can. That’s how many descendants you will have!”
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Exodus 1:5
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5 In all, Jacob had seventy[a] descendants in Egypt, including Joseph, who was already there.
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Deuteronomy 1:10
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10 The Lord your God has increased your population, making you as numerous as the stars!
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Acts 7:14
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14 Then Joseph sent for his father, Jacob, and all his relatives to come to Egypt, seventy-five persons in all.
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Nehemiah 9:23
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23 You made their descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and brought them into the land you had promised to their ancestors.
Deuteronomy 28:62
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62 Though you become as numerous as the stars in the sky, few of you will be left because you would not listen to the Lord your God.
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Numbers 26:51
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Results of the Registration
51 In summary, the registered troops of all Israel numbered 601,730.
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Hebrews 11:12
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12 And so a whole nation came from this one man who was as good as dead—a nation with so many people that, like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore, there is no way to count them.
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Numbers 26:62
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62 The men from the Levite clans who were one month old or older numbered 23,000. But the Levites were not included in the registration of the rest of the people of Israel because they were not given an allotment of land when it was divided among the Israelites.
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