1 Chronicles 27:23

But David took not their number from twenty years old and under: because the Lord said that he would multiply Israel as the stars of the heaven.

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.

But David didn’t take the number of them from twenty years old and under, because Yahweh had said he would increase Israel like the stars of the sky.