Exodus 12:37
And the sons of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot who were men, besides children.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
38And a mixed multitude also went up with them, and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.
Cross References
Genesis 12:2And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great, and be thou a blessing.
Genesis 46:3And he said, I am God, the God of thy father. Fear not to go down into Egypt, for I will there make of thee a great nation.
Exodus 1:11Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. And they built store-cities for Pharaoh, Pithom and Rameses.
Numbers 1:46even all those who were numbered were six hundred three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
Numbers 11:21And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen, and thou have said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.
Numbers 33:3And they journeyed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month. On the morrow after the Passover the sons of Israel went out with a high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians,
Matthew Henry on Exodus 12:30-37
The Death of the Firstborn. ( b. c. 1491.) 29 And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle. 30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead. 31 And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said,… Read the whole commentary →