When they heard the law, they separated all those of mixed descent from Israel.
Exodus 12:38 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised A mixed crowd also went up with them, along with a huge number of livestock, both flocks and herds. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And a mixed multitude went also with them, and very much livestock, both flocks and herds. American Standard Version (1901) And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle. Common English Bible A diverse crowd also went up with them along with a huge number of livestock, both flocks and herds. Catholic Public Domain Version But also an innumerable mix of common people ascended with them, sheep and herds and animals of diverse kinds, exceedingly many. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And a mixed multitude without number went up also with them, sheep and herds and beasts of divers kinds, exceeding many. |
When they heard the law, they separated all those of mixed descent from Israel.
Moses replied, ‘We will go with our young and with our old; we will go with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds because we must hold the Lord’s festival.’
But the people thirsted there for water and grumbled against Moses. They said, ‘Why did you ever bring us up from Egypt to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst? ’
Now the son of an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father was among the Israelites. A fight broke out in the camp between the Israelite woman’s son and an Israelite man.
The Lord of Armies says this: ‘In those days, ten men from nations of every language will grab the robe of a Jewish man tightly, urging: Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’
The rabble among them had a strong craving for other food. The Israelites wept again and said, ‘Who will feed us meat?
‘We will go on the main road,’ the Israelites replied to them, ‘and if we or our herds drink your water, we will pay its price. There will be no problem; only let us travel through on foot.’
The Reubenites and Gadites had a very large number of livestock. When they surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, they saw that the region was a good one for livestock.
But your wives, dependents, and livestock #– #I know that you have a lot of livestock #– #will remain in the cities I have given you
There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua did not read before the entire assembly of Israel, including the women, the dependents, and the resident foreigners who lived among them.