²⁰ Judah and Israel were many as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.

⁸ Your servant is in the midst of your people which you have chosen, a great people, that can't be numbered nor counted for multitude.

¹⁷ that in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is on the seashore. Your seed will possess the gate of his enemies.

¹² You said, 'I will surely do you good, and make your seed as the sand of the sea, which can't be numbered because there are so many.'"

⁴⁶ Day by day, continuing steadfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart,

¹⁵ Yahweh of Hosts will defend them; And they will destroy and overcome with sling-stones; And they will drink, and roar as through wine; And they will be filled like bowls, Like the corners of the altar.

¹⁰ In that day,' says Yahweh of hosts, 'you will invite every man his neighbor under the vine and under the fig tree.'"

⁴ But they will sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; And no one will make them afraid: For the mouth of Yahweh of Hosts has spoken.

¹³ and behold, joy and gladness, killing oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine: let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall die.

²⁴ There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

²⁸ In the multitude of people is the king's glory, But in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince.

³ The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people. The hills bring the fruit of righteousness.

⁴ He will judge the poor of the people. He will save the children of the needy, And will break the oppressor in pieces.

⁵ They shall fear you while the sun endures; And as long as the moon, throughout all generations.

⁶ He will come down like rain on the mown grass, As showers that water the earth.

⁷ In his days, the righteous shall flourish, And abundance of peace, until the moon is no more.

¹⁸ While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, "Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house,

³⁹ They were there with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brothers had made preparation for them.

¹⁶ When he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad over all the ground, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

⁵ Yahweh brought him outside, and said, "Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." He said to Abram, "So shall your seed be."

¹⁶ I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then your seed may also be numbered.