Exodus 12:37

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“The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children.”

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BSBPD

“The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, besides children.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And the sons of Israel journey from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, apart from infants;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Exodus 12:37 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 12:2I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
  2. Genesis 15:5And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”
  3. Genesis 46:3“I am God,” He said, “the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.
  4. Genesis 47:11So Joseph settled his father and brothers in the land of Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
  5. Exodus 1:11So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
  6. Exodus 38:26a beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 603,550 men.
  7. Numbers 1:46And all those counted totaled 603,550.
  8. Numbers 2:32These are the Israelites, numbered according to their families. The total of those counted in the camps, by their divisions, was 603,550.
  9. Numbers 11:21But Moses replied, “Here I am among 600,000 men on foot, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’
  10. Numbers 26:51These men of Israel numbered 601,730 in all.
  11. Numbers 33:3On the fifteenth day of the first month, on the day after the Passover, the Israelites set out from Rameses. They marched out defiantly in full view of all the Egyptians,
  12. Numbers 33:5The Israelites set out from Rameses and camped at Succoth.

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