The Israelites set out on foot from Rameses for Sukkoth. There were about 600,000 men, not counting women and children.
Numbers 1:2 - Good News Translation (US Version) “You and Aaron are to take a census of the people of Israel by clans and families. List the names of all the men Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Take a census of all the males of the congregation of the Israelites by families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, head by head. American Standard Version (1901) Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, every male, by their polls; Common English Bible Take a census of the entire Israelite community by their clans and their households, recording the name of every male, Catholic Public Domain Version "Take a total of the entire assembly of the sons of Israel, by their families and houses, and the names of each one, of whomever is of the male sex, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel by their families, and houses: and the names of every one, as many as are of the male sex, |
The Israelites set out on foot from Rameses for Sukkoth. There were about 600,000 men, not counting women and children.
“When you take a census of the people of Israel, each man is to pay me a price for his life, so that no disaster will come on him while the census is being taken.
The silver from the census of the community weighed 7,550 pounds, weighed according to the official standard.
This amount equaled the total paid by all persons enrolled in the census, each one paying the required amount, weighed according to the official standard. There were 603,550 men twenty years old or older enrolled in the census.
called together the whole community on the first day of the second month and registered all the people by clans and families. The names of all the men twenty years old or older were recorded and counted,
as the Lord had commanded. In the Sinai Desert, Moses registered the people.