How many people were in Israel when they came out of Egypt?
The context indicates that when Israel came out of Egypt, the number was anywhere from 3 to 7 million, with about 5 million as the middle estimate. They were the largest nation in that region, numbering 5 or 6 million.
Les explains that when Israel came out of Egypt, the number of people was anywhere from 3 to 7 million. He suggests putting it in the middle, about 5 million. He notes that no other tribe or nation in the Middle East came close to that size, and that Israel was the largest nation in that area of the world at 5 or 6 million people. This was part of God's promise to Abraham to make of him a great nation.