But Moses said, “Here I am with 600,000 foot soldiers around me. Yet, you say, ‘I will give them meat to eat for a whole month!’
I will make you a great nation, I will bless you. I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.
The Israelites left Rameses to go to Succoth. There were about six hundred thousand men on foot, plus all the women and children.
This came to one-fifth of an ounce per person, for everyone counted who was at least 20 years old: 603,550 people.
was 603,550.
Where can I get meat for all these people? They keep crying for me to give them meat to eat.
but for a whole month, until it comes out of their ears and they’re sick of it. This is because they rejected the Lord who is here among them and cried in front of him, asking, ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?’ ”
Would they have enough if all the flocks and herds were butchered for them? Would they have enough if all the fish in the sea were caught for them?”
This is the total number of Israelites, counted by households. The grand total of all the troops in the camps was 603,550.
The total number of Israelite men was 601,730.