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Exodus 12:37

And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.

KJV

Profectique sunt filii Israël de Ramesse in Socoth, sexcenta fere millia peditum virorum, absque parvulis.

Vulgate

Ἀπάραντες δὲ οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ ἐκ Ῥαμεσσὴ εἰς Σοκχώθα εἰς ἑξακοσίας χιλιάδας πεζῶν οἱ ἄνδρες, πλὴν τῆς ἀποσκευῆς·

LXX

And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, besides children.

ASV

וַ/יִּסְע֧וּ בְנֵֽי יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל מֵ/רַעְמְסֵ֖ס סֻכֹּ֑תָ/ה כְּ/שֵׁשׁ מֵא֨וֹת אֶ֧לֶף רַגְלִ֛י הַ/גְּבָרִ֖ים לְ/בַ֥ד מִ/טָּֽף

Hebrew

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In this verse

Places SuccothRaamses

In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֖לֶף
'lp
adjective · 500×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
גֶ֣בֶר
gbr
noun · 65×
וֹ
v
noun · 198×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יִּסְע֖וּ
ys'v
verb · 145×
מֵא֖וֹת
m'vt
adjective · 581×
נוּ
nv
noun · 42×
סֻכּ֖וֹת
skvt
proper_noun · 18×
רַגְלִ֑י
rgly
adjective · 12×
רַעְמְסֵ֑ס
r'mss
proper_noun · 5×
שֵׁ֥שׁ
shsh
adjective · 215×

Historic Christian voices

7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

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Cross-references

  • Deut 1:10 — The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
  • Exod 1:11 — Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
  • Exod 38:26 — A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand
  • Exod 38:26 — A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand
  • Gen 47:11 — And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
  • Gen 47:11 — And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
  • Num 1:46 — Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
  • Num 1:46 — Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
  • Num 11:21 — And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.
  • Num 11:21 — And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.
  • Num 33:3 — And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the E
  • Num 33:3 — And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the E
  • Num 33:5 — And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth.
  • Num 33:5 — And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth.
  • Ps 105:24 — And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.