Moses replied, “At least six hundred thousand 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?
I will bless you and make your descendants into a great nation. You will become famous and be a blessing to others.
The Israelites walked from the city of Rameses to the city of Succoth. There were about six hundred thousand of them, not counting women and children.
Everyone who was counted paid the required amount, and there was a total of 603,550 men who were twenty years old or older.
They keep whining for meat, but where can I get meat for them?
Even if we butchered all our sheep and cattle, or caught every fish in the sea, we wouldn't have enough to feed them.”
So all the Israelites in the camp were counted according to their ancestral families. The troops were arranged by divisions and totalled 603,550.
The total number of Israelite men listed was 601,730.