Stars of Heaven

Stars of Heaven = Jewish People

Abraham

The Bible equates the seed of Abraham, the Jewish people, with the stars of heaven.

Gen. 15:5 And he brought him [Abraham] forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

Gen. 22:17 that in blessing I will bless thee [Abraham], and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the sea-shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

Gen. 26:4 and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these lands; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

Ex. 32:13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.

Tribes of Israel

The Bible equates the tribes of Israel with stars.

Gen. 37:9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed yet a dream: and, behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars made obeisance to me. And he told it to his father, and to his brethren; and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brothers indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?

Moses

Moses equates the Jewish people with the stars of heaven.

Deut. 1:10 The Lrd your Gd hath multiplied you [Jewish people], and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.

Deut. 10:22 Thy fathers went down into Egypt with 70 persons; and now the Lrd thy Gd hath made thee [Jewish people] as the stars of heaven for multitude.

Deut. 28:62 And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou didst not hearken unto the voice of the Lrd thy Gd.

David

David equates the Jewish people with the stars of heaven.

1Chr. 27:23 But David took not the number of them from 20 years old and under, because the Lrd had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of heaven.

Nehemiah

Nehemiah equates the Jewish people with the stars of heaven.

Neh. 9:23 Their children also you multiplied 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.