Exodus 12:37
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.
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38And a mixed band of people went with them; and flocks and herds in great numbers.
Cross References
Genesis 12:2And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:
Genesis 46:3And he said, I am God, the God of your father: go down to Egypt without fear, for I will make a great nation of you there:
Exodus 1:11So they put overseers of forced work over them, in order to make their strength less by the weight of their work. And they made store-towns for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses.
Numbers 1:46Were six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty.
Numbers 11:21Then Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand men on foot; and you have said, I will give them flesh to be their food for a month.
Numbers 33:3On the fifteenth day of the first month they went out from Rameses; on the day after the Passover the children of Israel went out by the power of the Lord before the eyes 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 →