The total number of Israelite men listed was 601,730.
You guided your people like a flock of sheep, and you chose Moses and Aaron to be their leaders.
No one can rebuild what he destroys, or release those he has imprisoned.
You brought them into the land that you had promised their ancestors, and you blessed their nation with people that outnumbered the stars in the sky.
Moses replied, “At least 600,000 grown men are here with me. How can you say there will be enough meat to feed them and their families for a whole month?
So all the Israelites in the camp were counted according to their ancestral families. The troops were arranged by divisions and totaled 603,550.
Everyone who was counted paid the required amount, and there was a total of 603,550 men who were 20 years old or older.
The Israelites walked from the city of Rameses to the city of Succoth. There were about 600,000 of them, not counting women and children.
The Lord said to Moses,