He took him outside and said, “Look at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” Then He said to him, “Your offspring will be that numerous.”

“When the man with the discharge has been cured of it, he is to count seven days for his cleansing, wash his clothes, and bathe his body in fresh water; he will be clean.

“You are to count seven sabbatical years, seven times seven years, so that the time period of the seven sabbatical years amounts to 49.

“You, Eleazar the priest, and the family leaders of the community are to take a count of what was captured, man and beast.

“You are to count seven weeks, counting the weeks from the time the sickle is first put to the standing grain.

David said to God, “Wasn’t I the one who gave the order to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted very wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? My Lord God, please let Your hand be against me and against my father’s family, but don’t let the plague be against Your people.”

I can count all my bones;
people look and stare at me.

Go around Zion, encircle it;
count its towers,

You counted the houses of Jerusalem so that you could tear them down to fortify the wall.