🔥WEB · Exodus 12:38
What does Exodus 12:38 mean?
"A mixed multitude went up also with them, with flocks, herds, and even very much livestock."
— Exodus 12:38 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
The children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they asked of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing.
Yahweh gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. They plundered the Egyptians.
The children of Israel traveled from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot who were men, besides children.
A mixed multitude went up also with them, with flocks, herds, and even very much livestock.
They baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought out of Egypt; for it wasn’t leavened, because they were thrust out of Egypt, and couldn’t wait, and they had not prepared any food for themselves.
Now the time that the children of Israel lived in Egypt was four hundred thirty years.
At the end of four hundred thirty years, to the day, all of Yahweh’s armies went out from the land of Egypt.
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