Exodus 12:38

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“And a mixed multitude also went up with them, along with great droves of livestock, both flocks and herds.”

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BSBPD

“And a mixed multitude also went up with them, along with great droves of livestock, both flocks and herds.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and a great rabble also hath gone up with them, and flock and herd--very much cattle.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Exodus 12:38 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 24:10Now the son of an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father went out among the Israelites, and a fight broke out in the camp between him and an Israelite.
  2. Numbers 11:4Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat?
  3. Joshua 8:35There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua failed to read before the whole assembly of Israel, including the women, the little ones, and the foreigners who lived among them.
  4. Nehemiah 13:3As soon as the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all of foreign descent.
  5. Zechariah 8:23This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue will tightly grasp the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’”

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