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36 And Yahweh gave the people favor in the eyes of the Egyptians, and they granted their requests, and they plundered the Egyptians.

37 And the Israelites[a] set out from Rameses to Succoth; the men were about six hundred thousand on foot,[b] besides dependents. 38 And also a mixed multitude[c] went up with them and sheep and goats and cattle, very numerous livestock.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 12:37 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  2. Exodus 12:37 Or “footmen,” “infantrymen.” The word probably has military connotations, as when it is used elsewhere in the numbering of soldiers (compare 2 Sam 10:6; 1 Kgs 20:29; 2 Kgs 13:7)
  3. Exodus 12:38 Literally “a large mixture” (compare Jer 25:20; Ezek 30:5)