“And the number of the children of Israel will be like the sand of the beach which cannot be measured nor counted.” (Hosea 1:10)
Rabbi Yitzchak of Hamburg said in reference to the intermarriage and assimilation which was rampant in Germany of his day (the early 19th century):
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Author: The Torah Spring
Keywords: Cannot be measured, Like the sand, Sand of the sea, Innumberable, Unable to count, Unable to number, Census, Counting
Bible reference(s): Genesis 13:16, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 16:10, Genesis 22:17, Genesis 28:14, Exodus 32:13, Deuteronomy 1:10, Deuteronomy 10:22, Deu 28:62, 1 Chronicles 27:23, Hosea 1:10, Hebrews 11:12
Source: Shlomo Katz (ed.), “Bemidbar,” Hamaayan/The Torah Spring, Volume XIV, No. 34.
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