Verse 8

And thy servant{H5650} is in the midst{H8432} of thy people{H5971} which thou hast chosen{H977}{(H8804)}, a great{H7227} people{H5971}, that cannot be numbered{H4487}{(H8735)} nor counted{H5608}{(H8735)} for multitude{H7230}.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 15:5 : 5 And he brought him forth{H3318}{(H8686)} abroad{H2351}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Look{H5027}{(H8685)} now toward heaven{H8064}, and tell{H5608}{(H8798)} the stars{H3556}, if thou be able{H3201}{(H8799)} to number{H5608}{(H8800)} them: and he said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, So{H3541} shall thy seed{H2233} be.
  • Gen 22:17 : 17 That in blessing{H1288}{(H8763)} I will bless{H1288}{(H8762)} thee, and in multiplying{H7235}{(H8687)} I will multiply{H7235}{(H8686)} thy seed{H2233} as the stars{H3556} of the heaven{H8064}, and as the sand{H2344} which is upon the sea{H3220} shore{H8193}; and thy seed{H2233} shall possess{H3423}{(H8799)} the gate{H8179} of his enemies{H341}{(H8802)};
  • Gen 13:16 : 16 And I will make{H7760}{(H8804)} thy seed{H2233} as the dust{H6083} of the earth{H776}: so that{H834} if a man{H376} can{H3201}{(H8799)} number{H4487}{(H8800)} the dust{H6083} of the earth{H776}, then shall thy seed{H2233} also be numbered{H4487}{(H8735)}.
  • Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey{H8085}{(H8799)} my voice{H6963} indeed{H8085}{(H8800)}, and keep{H8104}{(H8804)} my covenant{H1285}, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure{H5459} unto me above all people{H5971}: for all the earth{H776} is mine: 6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom{H4467} of priests{H3548}, and an holy{H6918} nation{H1471}. These are the words{H1697} which thou shalt speak{H1696}{(H8762)} unto the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}.
  • Deut 7:6-8 : 6 For thou art an holy{H6918} people{H5971} unto the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}: the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} hath chosen{H977}{(H8804)} thee to be a special{H5459} people{H5971} unto himself, above all people{H5971} that are upon the face{H6440} of the earth{H127}. 7 The LORD{H3068} did not set his love{H2836}{(H8804)} upon you, nor choose{H977}{(H8799)} you, because ye were more{H7230} in number than any people{H5971}; for ye were the fewest{H4592} of all people{H5971}: 8 But because the LORD{H3068} loved{H160} you, and because he would keep{H8104}{(H8800)} the oath{H7621} which he had sworn{H7650}{(H8738)} unto your fathers{H1}, hath the LORD{H3068} brought you out{H3318}{(H8689)} with a mighty{H2389} hand{H3027}, and redeemed{H6299}{(H8799)} you out of the house{H1004} of bondmen{H5650}, from the hand{H3027} of Pharaoh{H6547} king{H4428} of Egypt{H4714}.
  • 1 Sam 12:22 : 22 For the LORD{H3068} will not forsake{H5203}{(H8799)} his people{H5971} for his great{H1419} name's{H8034} sake: because it hath pleased{H2974}{(H8689)} the LORD{H3068} to make{H6213}{(H8800)} you his people{H5971}.
  • 1 Chr 21:2 : 2 And David{H1732} said{H559}{(H8799)} to Joab{H3097} and to the rulers{H8269} of the people{H5971}, Go{H3212}{(H8798)}, number{H5608}{(H8798)} Israel{H3478} from Beersheba{H884} even to Dan{H1835}; and bring{H935}{(H8685)} the number{H4557} of them to me, that I may know{H3045}{(H8799)} it.
  • 1 Chr 21:5-6 : 5 And Joab{H3097} gave{H5414}{(H8799)} the sum{H4557} of the number{H4662} of the people{H5971} unto David{H1732}. And all they of Israel{H3478} were a thousand{H505} thousand{H505} and an hundred{H3967} thousand{H505} men{H376} that drew{H8025}{(H8802)} sword{H2719}: and Judah{H3063} was four{H702} hundred{H3967} threescore and ten{H7657} thousand{H505} men{H376} that drew{H8025}{(H8802)} sword{H2719}. 6 But Levi{H3878} and Benjamin{H1144} counted{H6485}{(H8804)} he not among{H8432} them: for the king's{H4428} word{H1697} was abominable{H8581}{(H8738)} to Joab{H3097}.
  • 1 Chr 27:23-24 : 23 But David{H1732} took{H5375}{(H8804)} not the number{H4557} of them from twenty{H6242} years{H8141} old{H1121} and under{H4295}: because the LORD{H3068} had said{H559}{(H8804)} he would increase{H7235}{(H8687)} Israel{H3478} like to the stars{H3556} of the heavens{H8064}. 24 Joab{H3097} the son{H1121} of Zeruiah{H6870} began{H2490}{(H8689)} to number{H4487}{(H8800)}, but he finished{H3615}{(H8765)} not, because there fell wrath{H7110} for it{H2063} against Israel{H3478}; neither was the number{H4557} put{H5927}{(H8804)} in the account{H4557} of the chronicles{H1697}{H3117} of king{H4428} David{H1732}.
  • Ps 78:71 : 71 From following{H310} the ewes great with young{H5763}{H8802)} he brought{H935}{H8689)} him to feed{H7462}{H8800)} Jacob{H3290} his people{H5971}, and Israel{H3478} his inheritance{H5159}.