Then the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides children.
Parallel translations
- WEB The children of Israel traveled from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot who were men, besides children.
- KJV And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
- BSB The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children.
- NASB Now the sons of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, aside from children.
- NLT That night the people of Israel left Rameses and started for Succoth. There were about 600,000 men, plus all the women and children.
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Israel journeys from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides children.
Overview
The exodus begins as a vast multitude sets out, the men alone numbering some six hundred thousand, implying a total likely in the millions. This fulfills God's promise to multiply Abraham's offspring into a great nation. While faithful scholars discuss the precise meaning of the large numbers, the text plainly testifies that God brought out an immense people exactly as He had pledged to the patriarchs.
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- Num 1:46even all those who were counted were six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.
- Exod 38:26a beka a head, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for everyone who passed over to those who were counted, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty men.
- Num 33:5The children of Israel traveled from Rameses, and encamped in Succoth.
- Num 11:21Moses said, “The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand men on foot; and you have said, ‘I will give them meat, that they may eat a whole month.’
- Num 33:3They traveled from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the next day after the Passover, the children of Israel went out with a high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians,
- Gen 47:11Joseph placed his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
- Exod 1:11Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. They built storage cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses.
- Num 26:51These are those who were counted of the children of Israel, six hundred one thousand seven hundred thirty.
- Gen 46:3He said, “I am God, the God of your father. Don’t be afraid to go down into Egypt, for there I will make of you a great nation.
- Gen 12:2I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.
- Gen 15:5Yahweh brought him outside, and said, “Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” He said to Abram, “So will your offspring be.”
- Num 2:32These are those who were counted of the children of Israel by their fathers’ houses. All who were counted of the camps according to their armies were six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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