OLD TESTAMENT

Exodus 12:37

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The children of Israel traveled from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot who were men, in addition to children.

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Verse 37. Ramesse. The first of the 42 stations or encampments of the Hebrews. Menochius.—Socoth, or tents, perhaps the scenæ of Antoninus, or the Mischenot, mentioned Calmet. 1:11.—About. Moses does not speak with such precision, as after the people had been numbered, and were found, 13 months after, to be 603,550 men, without the Levites, or those under 20 years. Calmet.—Women and old men, and Egyptians, who joined their company, might make them amount to three millions. Menochius.

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