How many men left Egypt in the Exodus?
The biblical account states that six hundred thousand men on foot journeyed from Ramesses to Succoth at the Exodus, besides the children and women. This number refers specifically to the men, not the total population, which also included women and children.
Les points to Exodus 12:37, where the children of Israel journeyed from Ramesses to Succoth, numbering six hundred thousand men on foot, besides the children and women. He emphasizes that this figure is only the men. In a previous taping, Les had estimated the total Exodus at three to seven million, and he later found comfort when a rabbi in the Jerusalem Post used almost identical figures, around three to five million. The context also connects this departure to the Israelites spoiling the Egyptians, whose gold and silver would later be used for the tabernacle.
And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
More Questions
Besides the 600,000 Israelite men, who else went out of Egypt with them?
Along with the six hundred thousand young Jewish men who left Egypt, the very next verse (Exodus 12:38) says a mixed multitude also went out with them.