Exodus 12:37
And the children of Israel journeyed from Ramases to Succoth; about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides children (or families);
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
In Context
38And a multitude of strangers also went up with them, and flocks and herds and very much cattle.
Cross References
Genesis 12:2And I will make thee to (be) a great people, and will bless thee, and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed.
Genesis 46:3And He said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Mizraim; for a great people will I make thee there.
Exodus 1:11And they appointed over them evildoing governors ( shiltonin) to afflict them in their labours. And they builded cities of treasure houses for Pharoh, Pithom, and Raamsas.
Numbers 1:46All the numbered ones were six hundred and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
Numbers 11:21But Mosheh said, The people among whom I am are six hundred thousand footmen; and Thou hast said, I will give them flesh to eat for a month of days.
Numbers 33:3And they went forth from Ramesis in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month, after the day of the Pascha, the children of Israel went out in full view of the eves of all the Mizraee.
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 →