When they heard the Torah, they separated from Israel all of mixed ancestry.
Exodus 12:38 - Tree of Life Version Also a mixed multitude went up with them, along with the flocks, herds and heavy livestock. 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 Torah, they separated from Israel all of mixed ancestry.
Moses answered, “We will go with our young and our elderly, our sons and our daughters. We will go with our flocks and our herds—for we must have Adonai’s feast for Him.”
But the people thirsted for water there, and they complained against Moses and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt? To kill us with thirst, along with our children and cattle?”
Now the son of an Israelite woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among Bnei-Yisrael, and a fight broke out between the Israelite woman’s son and an Israelite man.
Thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot, “In those days it will come to pass that ten men from every language of the nations will grasp the corner of the garment of a Jew saying, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’”
The grumblers among them began to have cravings, so Bnei-Yisrael began to wail repeatedly, saying, “If we could just eat some meat!
Bnei-Yisrael then said to him, “We will travel on the main road, and if we or our livestock even drink any of your water, we will pay its price. It’s nothing, just to pass through on foot!”
The sons of Reuben and Gad had very large herds and flocks, and, they saw that the territory of Jazer and Gilead were ideal for livestock.
Only your wives and your little ones and your livestock (I know that you have much livestock) may stay in your cities that I have given you,
There was not a word of all that Moses commanded that Joshua did not read before all the assembly of Israel, including the women and the little ones and the outsiders walking among them.