10. ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude —This was neither an Oriental hyperbole nor a mere empty boast. Abraham was told ( Genesis 15:5 ; Genesis 15:6 ) to look to the stars, and though they "appear" innumerable, yet those seen by the naked eye amount, in reality, to no more than three thousand ten in both hemispheres. The Israelites already far exceeded that number, being at the last census above six hundred thousand [ Genesis 15:6- : ]. It was a seasonable memento, calculated to animate their faith in the accomplishment of other parts of the divine promise. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-11" class="com-number"
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