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But now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/10.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Your fathers went down to Egypt seventy persons, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/10.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/10.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Your fathers went down to Egypt with seventy persons, and now the LORD your God has made you as the stars of heaven in multitude.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your fathers went down to Egypt seventy persons <i>in all,</i> and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/10.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Your fathers went down to Egypt seventy persons in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Your fathers went down to Egypt seventy persons <i>in all,</i> and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Your fathers went down to Egypt seventy persons <i>in all</i>, and now Yahweh your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy persons [in all], and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your ancestors went down to Egypt, seventy people in all, and now the LORD your God has made you numerous, like the stars of the sky.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your fathers went down to Egypt, 70 people in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars of the sky.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/10.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now Jehovah thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/deuteronomy/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />When your ancestors went to live in Egypt, there were only 70 of them. But the LORD has blessed you, and now there are more of you than there are stars in the sky. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/10.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />When your ancestors went to Egypt, there were 70 of them. Now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/10.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />When your ancestors went to Egypt, there were only seventy of them. But now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/10.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Your ancestors went down to Egypt with 70 people, but the LORD your God has now made you as numerous as the stars in the sky."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/10.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons; and now the LORD your God has made you as the stars of the sky for multitude.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thy fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/10.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons; and now Yahweh your God has made you as the stars of the sky for multitude. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Your fathers went down to Egypt with seventy persons, and now your God YHWH has made you as [the] stars of the heavens for multitude.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> with seventy persons did thy fathers go down to Egypt, and now hath Jehovah thy God made thee as stars of the heavens for multitude.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />With seventy souls thy fathers went down to Egypt; and now Jehovah set thee as the stain of the heavens for multitude.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />In seventy souls thy fathers went down into Egypt: and behold now the Lord thy God hath multiplied thee as the stars of heaven. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />As seventy souls, your fathers descended into Egypt. And now, behold, the Lord your God has multiplied you to be like the stars of heaven.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/10.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Seventy strong your ancestors went down to Egypt, and now the LORD, your God, has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Your ancestors went down to Egypt seventy persons; and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in heaven.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Your fathers went down to Egypt seventy persons; and now the LORD your God has made you as the stars of heaven in multitude.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/10.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Seventy souls, your fathers, went down to Egypt, and now, behold, LORD JEHOVAH your God has multiplied you as the stars in the Heavens. <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/10.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/10.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />With seventy souls your fathers went down into Egypt; but the Lord thy God has made thee as the stars of heaven in multitude.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/10-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=3217" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/10.htm">A Call to Obedience</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">21</span>He is your praise and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome wonders that your eyes have seen. <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ă·ḇō·ṯe·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">Your fathers</a> <a href="/hebrew/3381.htm" title="3381: yā·rə·ḏū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To come or go down, descend. ">went down</a> <a href="/hebrew/4714.htm" title="4714: miṣ·rå̄·yə·må̄h (N-proper-fs:: 3fs) -- A son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa. Dual of matsowr; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt.">to Egypt,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7657.htm" title="7657: bə·šiḇ·‘îm (Prep-b:: Number-cp) -- Seventy (a card. number). Multiple of sheba'; seventy.">seventy</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: ne·p̄eš (N-fs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">in all,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6258.htm" title="6258: wə·‘at·tāh (Conj-w:: Adv) -- Now. From eth; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive.">and now</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">your God</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: śā·mə·ḵā (V-Qal-Perf-3ms:: 2ms) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">has made</a> <a href="/hebrew/7230.htm" title="7230: lā·rōḇ (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Multitude, abundance, greatness. From rabab; abundance.">you as numerous</a> <a href="/hebrew/3556.htm" title="3556: kə·ḵō·wḵ·ḇê (Prep-k:: N-mpc) -- A star. Probably from the same as Kabbown or kavah; a star; figuratively, a prince.">as the stars</a> <a href="/hebrew/8064.htm" title="8064: haš·šā·ma·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Heaven, sky. Dual of an unused singular shameh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky.">in the sky.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/46-27.htm">Genesis 46:27</a></span><br />And with the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob’s family who went to Egypt were seventy in all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/1-5.htm">Exodus 1:5</a></span><br />The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/15-5.htm">Genesis 15:5</a></span><br />And 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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/22-17.htm">Genesis 22:17</a></span><br />I 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/28-14.htm">Genesis 28:14</a></span><br />Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/32-12.htm">Genesis 32:12</a></span><br />But You have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/12-37.htm">Exodus 12:37</a></span><br />The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/38-26.htm">Exodus 38:26</a></span><br />a beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 603,550 men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/1-46.htm">Numbers 1:46</a></span><br />And all those counted totaled 603,550.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/26-51.htm">Numbers 26:51</a></span><br />These men of Israel numbered 601,730 in all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-14.htm">Acts 7:14</a></span><br />Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-12.htm">Hebrews 11:12</a></span><br />And 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/4-18.htm">Romans 4:18</a></span><br />Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-27.htm">Romans 9:27</a></span><br />Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/3-16.htm">Galatians 3:16</a></span><br />The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Your fathers went down into Egypt with three score and ten persons; and now the LORD your God has made you as the stars of heaven for multitude.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/46-27.htm">Genesis 46:27</a></b></br> And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, <i>were</i> two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, <i>were</i> threescore and ten.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/1-5.htm">Exodus 1:5</a></b></br> And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt <i>already</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/7-14.htm">Acts 7:14</a></b></br> Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to <i>him</i>, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.</p><p class="hdg">as the stars</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/1-10.htm">Deuteronomy 1:10</a></b></br> The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye <i>are</i> this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/28-62.htm">Deuteronomy 28:62</a></b></br> And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/15-5.htm">Genesis 15:5</a></b></br> And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/10-19.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-14.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-14.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-10.htm">Multitude</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-14.htm">Numerous</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-17.htm">Persons</a> <a href="/numbers/33-9.htm">Seventy</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-14.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-15.htm">Souls</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-19.htm">Stars</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-4.htm">Ten</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-4.htm">Threescore</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/11-3.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-11.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-11.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-62.htm">Multitude</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/20-1.htm">Numerous</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-19.htm">Persons</a> <a href="/judges/1-7.htm">Seventy</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-11.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/joshua/2-13.htm">Souls</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/17-3.htm">Stars</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-30.htm">Ten</a> <a href="/joshua/13-30.htm">Threescore</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 10</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/10-1.htm">God's mercy in restoring the two tablets</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/10-6.htm">in continuing the priesthood</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/10-8.htm">in separating the tribe of Levi</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/10-10.htm">in hearkening unto Moses' plea for his people</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/10-12.htm">An exhortation to obedience</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This migration was part of God's providential plan to preserve the family line through which the Messiah would come. Egypt served as a place of refuge and growth for the Israelites, but it also became a place of bondage, setting the stage for God's deliverance through the Exodus.<p><b>seventy in all</b><br>The number seventy is significant in biblical numerology, often symbolizing completeness or perfection. The seventy individuals who went to Egypt included Jacob, his sons, and their families (<a href="/genesis/46-27.htm">Genesis 46:27</a>). This small group would grow into a great nation, fulfilling God's promise to Abraham that his descendants would be as numerous as the stars (<a href="/genesis/15-5.htm">Genesis 15:5</a>).<p><b>and now the LORD your God</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the covenant relationship between God and Israel. The use of "LORD" (YHWH) highlights God's personal name, signifying His eternal presence and faithfulness. The phrase "your God" underscores the unique bond and commitment God has with His chosen people, a theme that runs throughout Deuteronomy.<p><b>has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky</b><br>This statement reflects the fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham (<a href="/genesis/15-5.htm">Genesis 15:5, 22</a>:17). The metaphor of stars signifies not only the vast number of Israelites but also their role as a light to the nations. This imagery is echoed in the New Testament, where believers in Christ are called to shine like stars in the world (<a href="/philippians/2-15.htm">Philippians 2:15</a>). The growth of Israel from seventy individuals to a multitude is a testament to God's faithfulness and power.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_fathers.htm">The Fathers (Patriarchs)</a></b><br>Refers to the patriarchs of Israel, particularly Jacob and his sons, who went down to Egypt during a time of famine.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>The land where the Israelites lived for several generations, initially as guests and later as slaves, before their exodus under Moses' leadership.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who promised to make Abraham's descendants numerous and fulfilled this promise.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The descendants of the patriarchs, who grew from a small family group into a large nation during their time in Egypt.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_stars_in_the_sky.htm">The Stars in the Sky</a></b><br>A metaphorical expression used to describe the vast number of Israelites, fulfilling God's promise to Abraham.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_to_his_promises.htm">God's Faithfulness to His Promises</a></b><br>God is faithful to fulfill His promises, as seen in the growth of the Israelites from seventy individuals to a multitude. This encourages believers to trust in God's promises in their own lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_remembering_god's_works.htm">The Importance of Remembering God's Works</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites were reminded of their humble beginnings and God's blessings, Christians are called to remember and recount God's faithfulness in their personal and communal history.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_god's_providence.htm">The Power of God's Providence</a></b><br>The transformation from a small family to a great nation illustrates God's providential care and sovereignty over history, encouraging believers to rely on His guidance and provision.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_faith_in_god's_plan.htm">The Role of Faith in God's Plan</a></b><br>The fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham required faith and patience. Believers are encouraged to maintain faith in God's timing and plan, even when immediate results are not visible.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_growth_and_spiritual_multiplication.htm">Community Growth and Spiritual Multiplication</a></b><br>The physical multiplication of the Israelites serves as a metaphor for spiritual growth and multiplication within the church, urging believers to invest in discipleship and evangelism.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_10.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 10</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_are_moses_and_jesus_similar.htm">What similarities exist between Moses and Jesus?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_skeptics_view_genesis_46's_genealogy.htm">How do skeptics address potential inconsistencies between Genesis 46 and other Old Testament genealogies regarding the descendants of Jacob?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_genesis_46_8-27_total_70.htm">How does Genesis 46:8–27 reconcile the total of “70 persons” with other biblical passages that give different family counts? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_claim_no_prophet_like_moses_arose.htm">How can Deut. 34:10 claim no prophet like Moses ever arose when other prophets performed significant miracles too?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/10.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22) <span class= "bld">Thy fathers went down.</span>--The simple and natural form of this allusion conveys a strong impression of the truth of the facts. If the marvellous increase of Israel in the time allowed by the sacred narrative presents a difficulty, we must remember that the Bible consistently represents the multiplication as the <span class= "ital">fulfilment of a Divine promise, </span>and not purely natural. But the testimony of the First Book of Chronicles must not be overlooked. The genealogy of Judah, given in the second and fourth chapters of that book, discloses a very extensive multiplication, a good deal of which must lie within the period of the sojourning in Egypt. The family of Hezron is particularly to be noticed. Of a certain descendant of Simeon it is written (<a href="/1_chronicles/4-27.htm" title="And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters: but his brothers had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.">1Chronicles 4:27</a>), "And Shimei had <span class= "ital">sixteen sons and six daughters; </span>but his brethren had not many children, <span class= "ital">neither did all their family multiply like to the children of Judah." </span>(!) Modern calculations are perhaps not quite adequate to deal with such a rate of increase as this. (See also the Note on <a href="/deuteronomy/32-8.htm" title="When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.">Deuteronomy 32:8</a>.)<p><span class= "bld"><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 22.</span> - Among other marvelous acts toward Israel, was one done in Israel itself; they, whoso fathers went down to Egypt only seventy in number (<a href="/genesis/46-26.htm">Genesis 46:26, 27</a>), had, notwithstanding the cruel oppression to which they were subjected there, grown to a nation numberless as the stars (cf. <a href="/genesis/22-17.htm">Genesis 22:17</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/1-10.htm">Deuteronomy 1:10</a>; <a href="/nehemiah/9-23.htm">Nehemiah 9:23</a>). <p> <p> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/10-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Your fathers</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲבֹתֶ֖יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḇō·ṯe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">went down</span><br /><span class="heb">יָרְד֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(yā·rə·ḏū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3381.htm">Strong's 3381: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come or go down, descend</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to Egypt,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִצְרָ֑יְמָהּ‪‬‪‬</span> <span class="translit">(miṣ·rā·yə·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4714.htm">Strong's 4714: </a> </span><span class="str2">Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa</span><br /><br /><span class="word">seventy</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּשִׁבְעִ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(bə·šiḇ·‘îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Number - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7657.htm">Strong's 7657: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seventy (a cardinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in all,</span><br /><span class="heb">נֶ֔פֶשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(ne·p̄eš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><br /><span class="word">and now</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעַתָּ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘at·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6258.htm">Strong's 6258: </a> </span><span class="str2">At this time</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has made</span><br /><span class="heb">שָֽׂמְךָ֙</span> <span class="translit">(śā·mə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> </span><span class="str2">Put -- to put, place, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you as numerous</span><br /><span class="heb">לָרֹֽב׃</span> <span class="translit">(lā·rōḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7230.htm">Strong's 7230: </a> </span><span class="str2">Multitude, abundance, greatness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as the stars</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּכוֹכְבֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(kə·ḵō·wḵ·ḇê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3556.htm">Strong's 3556: </a> </span><span class="str2">A star, a prince</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the sky.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šā·ma·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8064.htm">Strong's 8064: </a> </span><span class="str2">Heaven, sky</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/10-22.htm">Deuteronomy 10:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/10-22.htm">Deuteronomy 10:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/10-22.htm">Deuteronomy 10:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/10-22.htm">Deuteronomy 10:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/10-22.htm">Deuteronomy 10:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/10-22.htm">Deuteronomy 10:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/10-22.htm">Deuteronomy 10:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/10-22.htm">Deuteronomy 10:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/10-22.htm">Deuteronomy 10:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/10-22.htm">Deuteronomy 10:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/10-22.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 10:22 Your fathers went down into Egypt (Deut. 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