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Selected Verse: Exodus 12:38 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ex 12:38 |
Strong Concordance |
And a mixed [06154] multitude [07227] went up [05927] also with them; and flocks [06629], and herds [01241], even very [03966] much [03515] cattle [04735]. |
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King James |
And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| a mixed multitude went with them--literally, "a great rabble" (see also Num 11:4; Deu 29:11); slaves, persons in the lowest grades of society, partly natives and partly foreigners, bound close to them as companions in misery, and gladly availing themselves of the opportunity to escape in the crowd. (Compare Zac 8:23). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
A mixed multitude - Probably remains of the old Semitic population, whether first brought into the district by the Hyksos or not is uncertain. As natural objects of suspicion and dislike to the Egyptians who had lately become masters of the country, they would be anxious to escape, the more especially after the calamities which preceded the Exodus.
Very much cattle - This is an important fact, both as showing that the oppression of the Israelites had not extended to confiscation of their property, and as bearing upon the question of their maintenance in the Wilderness. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
mixed
This mixed multitude, standing for unconverted church-members, was a source of weakness and division, then as now (Num 11:4-6).
(See Scofield) - (Num 11:4).
There had been a manifestation of divine power, and men were drawn to it without change of heart.
Compare (Luk 14:25-27). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| And a mixed multitude went up with them - Some perhaps willing to leave their country, because it was laid waste by the plagues. But probably the greatest part was but a rude unthinking mob, that followed they knew not why: It is likely, when they understood that the children of Israel were to continue forty years in the wilderness, they quitted them, and returned to Egypt again. And flocks and herds, even very much cattle - This is taken notice of, because it was long ere Pharaoh would give them leave to remove their effects, which were chiefly cattle. |
23 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635]; In those days [03117] it shall come to pass, that ten [06235] men [0582] shall take hold [02388] out of all languages [03956] of the nations [01471], even shall take hold [02388] of the skirt [03671] of him that is a Jew [0376] [03064], saying [0559], We will go [03212] with you: for we have heard [08085] that God [0430] is with you.
11 Your little ones [02945], your wives [0802], and thy stranger [01616] that is in [07130] thy camp [04264], from the hewer [02404] of thy wood [06086] unto the drawer [07579] of thy water [04325]:
4 And the mixt multitude [0628] that was among [07130] them fell a lusting [0183] [08378]: and the children [01121] of Israel [03478] also wept [01058] again [07725], and said [0559], Who shall give us flesh [01320] to eat [0398]?
25 And [1161] there went [4848] great [4183] multitudes [3793] with him [846]: and [2532] he turned [4762], and said [2036] unto [4314] them [846],
26 If any [1536] man come [2064] to [4314] me [3165], and [2532] hate [3404] not [3756] his [1438] father [3962], and [2532] mother [3384], and [2532] wife [1135], and [2532] children [5043], and [2532] brethren [80], and [2532] sisters [79], yea [2089], and [1161] his own [1438] life [5590] also [2532], he cannot [3756] [1410] be [1511] my [3450] disciple [3101].
27 And [2532] whosoever [3748] doth [941] not [3756] bear [941] his [846] cross [4716], and [2532] come [2064] after [3694] me [3450], cannot [3756] [1410] be [1511] my [3450] disciple [3101].
4 And the mixt multitude [0628] that was among [07130] them fell a lusting [0183] [08378]: and the children [01121] of Israel [03478] also wept [01058] again [07725], and said [0559], Who shall give us flesh [01320] to eat [0398]?
4 And the mixt multitude [0628] that was among [07130] them fell a lusting [0183] [08378]: and the children [01121] of Israel [03478] also wept [01058] again [07725], and said [0559], Who shall give us flesh [01320] to eat [0398]?
5 We remember [02142] the fish [01710], which we did eat [0398] in Egypt [04714] freely [02600]; the cucumbers [07180], and the melons [020], and the leeks [02682], and the onions [01211], and the garlick [07762]:
6 But now our soul [05315] is dried away [03002]: there is nothing at all, beside [01115] this manna [04478], before our eyes [05869].