These registered Israelite men numbered 601,730.
You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land You told their ancestors to go in and take possession of it.
Whatever He tears down cannot be rebuilt; whoever He imprisons cannot be released.
You led Your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
The Israelites traveled from Rameses to Succoth, about 600,000 soldiers on foot, besides their families.
2/5 of an ounce per man, that is, half a shekel according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone 20 years old or more who had crossed over to the registered group, 603,550 men.
All those registered numbered 603,550.
But Moses replied, “I’m in the middle of a people with 600,000 foot soldiers, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’
These are the Israelites registered by their ancestral houses. The total number in the camps by their military divisions is 603,550.
The Lord spoke to Moses,