1 Cronache 27:23

But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens.

Ver. 23. He would increase Israel.] And therefore David knew it was impossible to number them; and, besides, by going about it he might seem to doubt of the truth of God's promise. a

a Religione distinebatur. -- Jun.