Commentaire sur Chroniques 1 27:23
וְלֹא־נָשָׂ֤א דָוִיד֙ מִסְפָּרָ֔ם לְמִבֶּ֛ן עֶשְׂרִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה וּלְמָ֑טָּה כִּ֚י אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה לְהַרְבּ֥וֹת אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל כְּכוֹכְבֵ֥י הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃
David n’avait pas fait le relevé de ceux qui n’avaient que vingt ans et au-dessous, l’Éternel ayant promis de multiplier Israël comme les étoiles du ciel;
Rashi on I Chronicles
Now David did not take their count from twenty years old and below The meaning is: We already stated that he counted Israel and divided them into divisions, and he also counted the Levites and appointed them upon their service; and all these that he counted he did not count any of them less than twenty years old.
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Rashi on I Chronicles
like the stars of the heavens Just as man cannot count the stars of the heavens, so he cannot count them.
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