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Exodus 12:37
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The children of Yisra'el journeyed from Ra`meses to Sukkot, about six hundred thousand on foot who were men, besides children.
And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
And the Israelites set out from Rameses to Succoth; the men were about six hundred thousand on foot, besides dependents.
The Israelites traveled from Rameses to Succoth. There were about six hundred thousand men walking, not including the women and children.
The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Sukkoth. There were about 600,000 men on foot, plus their dependants.
Now the Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides [the women and] the children.
Now the sons of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, aside from children.
Then the children of Israel tooke their iourney from Rameses to Succoth about sixe hundreth thousand men of foote, beside children.
And the sons of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, aside from the little ones.
The Israelites walked from the city of Rameses to the city of Succoth. There were about six hundred thousand of them, not counting women and children.
The people of Isra'el traveled from Ra‘amses to Sukkot, some six hundred thousand men on foot, not counting children.
And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot [that were] men, besides children.
The Israelites traveled from Rameses to Succoth. There were about 600,000 men, not counting the small boys.
And the people of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children.
Then the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides the little ones.
The Israelites traveled from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand able-bodied men on foot, besides their families.
And the sons of Israel traveled from Rameses to Succoth, the men being about six hundred thousand on foot, apart from little ones.
Thus ye children of Israel toke their iourney from Raemses to Suchoth, sixe hundreth thousande men of fote, besyde childre.
And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, besides children.
And the children of Israel made the journey from Rameses to Succoth; there were about six hundred thousand men on foot, as well as children.
And the children of Israel toke their iourney from Rameses to Suchoth, sixe hundred thousand men of foote, besyde chyldren.
And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, beside children.
And the children of Israel iourneyed from Rameses to Succoth, about sixe hundred thousand on foote that were men, beside children.
And the children Israel departed from Ramesses to Socchoth, to the full number of six hundred thousand footmen, even men, besides the baggage.
And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children.
And the sones of Israel yeden forth fro Ramasses in to Socoth, almest sixe hundrid thousind of foot men, with out litle children and wymmen;
And the sons of Israel journey from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, apart from infants;
And the sons of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were [able-bodied] men, besides children.
And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot [that were] men, besides children.
The children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot who were men, besides children.
Then the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides children.
That night the people of Israel left Rameses and started for Succoth. There were about 600,000 men, plus all the women and children.
The people of Israel traveled from Rameses to Succoth. There were about 600,000 men on foot, and also the women and children.
The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides children.
Then did the sons of Israel break up from Rameses, towards Succoth, - about six hundred thousand foot of men grown, besides little ones.
And the children of Israel set forward from Ramesse to Socoth, being about six hundred thousand men on foot, beside children.
And the people of Israel journeyed from Ram'eses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children.
The Israelites moved on from Rameses to Succoth, about 600,000 on foot, besides their dependents. There was also a crowd of riffraff tagging along, not to mention the large flocks and herds of livestock. They baked unraised cakes with the bread dough they had brought out of Egypt; it hadn't raised—they'd been rushed out of Egypt and hadn't time to fix food for the journey.
Now the sons of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, aside from children.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the children: Numbers 33:3, Numbers 33:5
Rameses: Exodus 1:11, Genesis 47:11
six hundred: Exodus 38:26, Genesis 12:2, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 46:3, Numbers 1:46, Numbers 11:21
Reciprocal: Genesis 33:17 - Succoth Exodus 1:7 - fruitful Numbers 2:32 - General Numbers 26:65 - They shall Numbers 33:1 - with their armies Deuteronomy 1:10 - your God Deuteronomy 26:8 - the Lord Joshua 24:6 - I brought Psalms 105:24 - made Jeremiah 31:2 - The people Ezekiel 16:7 - caused Hebrews 11:27 - he forsook
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth,.... Rameses was a place in Goshen, or rather the land of Goshen, from whence the country was so called; :-. The Targum of Jonathan takes it to be Pelusium, or Sin, now called Tinah, formerly the strength of Egypt, and which lay at the entrance of it, and says it was one hundred and thirty miles to Succoth; and Jarchi says one hundred and twenty. But the distance between these two places was not so great; for Succoth from Rameses it is computed was eight miles f only. The latter place is so called by anticipation; for it was now a desert, as Josephus g says, which he calls Latopolis, but had its name Succoth from the children of Israel pitching their tents there; for the word signifies tents or tabernacles. The number of the children of Israel when they came out of Egypt
were about six hundred thousand on foot, that were men, besides children; and which is confirmed by the account that Chaeremon h the Heathen gives, who makes the number of those drove out of Egypt, as he calls them, 250,000; and says that when they came to Pelusium, they found there 380,000 left there by Amenophis; which makes in all 630,000. And so Philo the Jew says i, they were above 600,000, besides old men, children, and women, that could not easily be numbered; and the word "about" will admit of it, since it may be used not to diminish, but to increase the number; and it is certain that in the second year after they were come out of Egypt, their number was 600,550 without the Levites, who were not numbered; and they that were numbered were such as were twenty years old and upward, and able to go forth to war, Numbers 1:9 and such were those here, as Jarchi observes; so that if there were 600,000 men of twenty years old and upwards, able to bear arms, besides women, children, and old men, it may well be thought that in all there were no less than near two millions and a half; for, according to the ordinary proportion allowed in other nations of four to one between the number of the whole people in a nation, and those men fit to bear arms, that the number of the Israelites alone, of all ages and sexes which went out of Egypt along with Moses, will amount to 2,400,000 souls j; which was a prodigious increase of seventy persons in little more than two hundred years, and a most marvellous thing it was, that in so large a number of persons there was not one feeble among them, Psalms 105:37.
f See Bunting's Travels, p. 81. g Ut supra, (antiqu. l. 2.) c. 15. sect. 1. h Apud Joseph. contr. Apion, l. 1. sect. 32. i De Vita Mosis, l. 1. p. 625. j Bp. of Clogher's Chronology of the Hebrew Bible, p. 271. See Judah Leon's Relation of Memorable Things, &c. p. 2.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Rameses - See Exodus 1:11 note. Rameses was evidently the place of general rendezvous, well adapted for that purpose as the principal city of Goshen. The Israelites were probably settled in considerable numbers in and about it. Pharaoh with his army and court were at that time near the frontier, and Rameses, where a large garrison was kept, was probably the place where the last interview with Moses occurred. The first part of the journey appears to have followed the course of the ancient canal. The site of Succoth cannot be exactly determined, but it lay about halfway between Rameses and Etham Exodus 13:20. The name Succoth (i. e. “tents” or “booths” in Hebrew), may have been given by the Israelites, but the same, or a similar word, occurs in Egyptian in connection with the district.
600,000 - This includes all the males who could march. The total number of the Israelites should therefore be calculated from the males above twelve or fourteen, and would therefore amount to somewhat more than two millions. This is not an excessive population for Goshen, nor does it exceed a reasonable estimate of the increase of the Israelites, including their numerous dependants.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Exodus 12:37. From Rameses to Succoth — Rameses appears to have been another name for Goshen, though it is probable that there might have been a chief city or village in that land, where the children of Israel rendezvoused previously to their departure, called Rameses. As the term Succoth signifies booths or tents, it is probable that this place was so named from its being the place of the first encampment of the Israelites.
Six hundred thousand — That is, There was this number of effective men, twenty years old and upwards, who were able to go out to war. But this was not the whole number, and therefore the sacred writer says they were about 600,000; for when the numbers were taken about thirteen months after this they were found to be six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty, without reckoning those under twenty years of age, or any of the tribe of Levi; see Numbers 1:45-46. But besides those on foot, or footmen, there were no doubt many old and comparatively infirm persons, who rode on camels, horses, or asses, besides the immense number of women and children, which must have been at least three to one of the others; and the mixed multitude, Exodus 12:38, probably of refugees in Egypt, who came to sojourn there, because of the dearth which had obliged them to emigrate from their own countries; and who now, seeing that the hand of Jehovah was against the Egyptians and with the Israelites, availed themselves of the general consternation, and took their leave of Egypt, choosing Israel's God for their portion, and his people for their companions. Such a company moving at once, and emigrating from their own country, the world never before nor since witnessed; no doubt upwards of two millions of souls, besides their flocks and herds, even very much cattle; and what but the mere providence of God could support such a multitude, and in the wilderness, too, where to this day the necessaries of life are not to be found?
Suppose we take them at a rough calculation thus, two millions will be found too small a number.
Effective men, 20 years old and upward...600,000
Two-thirds of whom we may suppose
were married, in which case their
wives would amount to..................400,000
These, on an average, might have 5
children under 20 years of age, an
estimate which falls considerably
short of the number of children
each family must have averaged in
order to produce from 75 persons,
in A. M. 2298, upwards of 600,000
effective men in A. M. 2494, a
period of only 196 years.............2,000,000
The Levites, who probably were not
included among the effective men........45,000
Their wives..............................33,000
Their children..........................165,000
The mixed multitude probably
not less than...........................20,000
_________
Total 3,263,000
Besides a multitude of old and infirm persons who would be obliged to ride on camels and asses, c., and who must, from the proportion that such bear to the young and healthy, amount to many thousands more! Exclude even the Levites and their families, and upwards of three millions will be left.
"In Numbers 3:39 the male Levites, aged one month and upwards, are reckoned 22,000, perhaps the females did not much exceed this number, say 23,000, and 500 children, under one month, will make 45,500." - Anon.
Had not Moses the fullest proof of his Divine mission, he never could have put himself at the head of such an immense concourse of people, who, without the most especial and effective providence, must all have perished for lack of food. This single circumstance, unconnected with all others, is an ample demonstration of the Divine mission of Moses, and of the authenticity and Divine inspiration of the Pentateuch. To suppose that an impostor, or one pretending only to a Divine call, could have ventured to place himself at the head of such an immense body of people, to lead them through a trackless wilderness, utterly unprovided for such a journey, to a land as yet in the possession of several powerful nations whom they must expel before they could possess the country, would have implied such an extreme of madness and folly as has never been witnessed in an individual, and such a blind credulity in the multitude as is unparalleled in the annals of mankind! The succeeding stupendous events proved that Moses had the authority of God to do what he did and the people had at least such a general conviction that he had this authority, that they implicitly followed his directions, and received their law from his mouth.
