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Nehemiah 9:23

You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land You had told their fathers to enter and possess.

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ASV

Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land concerning which thou didst say to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.

KJV

Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.

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12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וּבְנֵיהֶ֣םu.ve.nei.Hemand children theirH1121 →
הִרְבִּ֔יתָhir.Bi.tayou increasedH7235 →
כְּכֹכְבֵ֖יke.cho.khe.Veilike [the] stars ofH3556 →
הַשָּׁמָ֑יִםha.sha.Ma.yimthe heavensH8064 →
וַתְּבִיאֵם֙va.te.vi.'Emand you brought themH935 →
אֶל־'el-intoH413 →
הָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whichH834 →
אָמַ֥רְתָּ'a.Mar.tayou had saidH559 →
לַאֲבֹתֵיהֶ֖םla.'a.vo.tei.Hemto ancestors theirH1 →
לָב֥וֹאla.Vo'to goH935 →
לָרָֽשֶׁת׃la.Ra.shetto take possession ofH3423 →

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Hebrews 6:14saying, “I will surely bless you and multiply your descendants.”Leviticus 26:9I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will establish My covenant with you.Genesis 22:17I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.Exodus 1:7but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.Genesis 15:5And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”Deuteronomy 10:22Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.Deuteronomy 28:62You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left few in number, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God.Deuteronomy 1:10The LORD your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.Hebrews 11:12And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.Isaiah 26:15You have enlarged the nation, O LORD; You have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for Yourself; You have extended all the borders of the land.Genesis 15:18On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—Genesis 26:3Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.Genesis 13:15–17for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.Joshua 1:1–3Now after the death of His servant Moses, the LORD spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying,Genesis 17:8And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”1 Chronicles 27:23David did not count the men aged twenty or under, because the LORD had said that He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.Genesis 12:7Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.Genesis 47:27Now the Israelites settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and became fruitful and increased greatly in number.

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