Deuteronomy 1:10-11

1:10 The Lord your God has increased your population ¹  to the point that you are now as numerous as the very stars of the sky. ²  1:11 Indeed, may the Lord, the God of your ancestors, make you a thousand times more numerous than you are now, blessing you ³  just as he said he would!

Deuteronomy 9:2

9:2 They include the Anakites, ⁴  a numerous ⁵  and tall people whom you know about and of whom it is said, “Who is able to resist the Anakites?”

Deuteronomy 9:14

9:14 Stand aside ⁶  and I will destroy them, obliterating their very name from memory, ⁷  and I will make you into a stronger and more numerous nation than they are.”

Deuteronomy 10:22

10:22 When your ancestors went down to Egypt, they numbered only seventy, but now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of the sky. ⁸ 

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¹ tn Heb “multiplied you.”

² tn Or “heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

³ tn Heb “may he bless you.”

⁴ sn Anakites. See note on this term in Deut 1:28.

⁵ tn Heb “great and tall.” Many English versions understand this to refer to physical size or strength rather than numbers (cf. “strong,” NIV, NCV, NRSV, NLT).

⁶ tn Heb “leave me alone.”

⁷ tn Heb “from under heaven.”

⁸ tn Or “heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.