Exodus 12:38 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And a mixedi multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle. ”

Exodus 12:38 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 E...
Exodus 12:38 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And (r) a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, [even] very much cattle. (r) Which were strangers, and not born from the Israelites.
Exodus 12:38 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 12:37 - Exodus 18. From Egypt to Sinai. Exodus 12:37-49 J. The Exodus. From Rameses ( Exodus 1:11 b *) the first stage of the journey took the people 10 miles W. to Succoth (Eg....
Exodus 12:38 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

a mixed multitude . Egyptians. Compare Numbers 11:4 . Nehemiah 13:3 . even . Some codices, with The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, Septuagint, and Syriac, have this word, "even "in the text.
Exodus 12:38 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

38. And a mixed multitude. Although Abraham possessed many servants, yet is it scarcely probable that in the famine Jacob maintained any other persons in his family besides his own children,...
Exodus 12:38 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.
Exodus 12:38 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

A mixed multitude went up—with them— A great mixture of people of other nations, but more particularly of the Egyptians. These are thought to have been proselytes to the Jewish religion. See Num...
Exodus 12:38 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle. And a mixed multitude went up also with them, х `eereb ( H6154 ) rab ( H7227 )] - a great...
Exodus 12:38 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Institution of the Passover. The Tenth Plague, and the Departure of Israel 1. In the land of Egypt] These words suggest that what follows was written independently of the foregoing narrative,...
Exodus 12:38 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

THE DEPARTURE OF ISRAEL, THEIR NUMBERS, AND THE TIME OF THE EGYPTIAN SOJOURN. (37-41) The two principal statements of this passage are — (1) that the sojourn of the Israelites in Egypt lasted four...
Exodus 12:38 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE EXODUS. Exodus 12:37-42 . The children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth. Already, at the outset of their journey, controversy has had much to say about their route. Much ingenuity...
Exodus 12:38 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Israel Led out of Egypt Exodus 12:37-51 The 600,000 were males above 20 years of age, Numbers 1:3-43 . This would make the entire body not less than 2,000,000 of people of all ages. Succoth wa...
Exodus 12:38 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

While the subjects necessarily intermingle at this point, we turn from the contemplation of the judgments of Jehovah in dealing with Pharaoh to that of deliverance in His dealings with Israel. As the...
Exodus 12:38 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

However poor this was a sweet morsel.
Exodus 12:38 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And a mixed multitude went up also with them ,.... Some of these were Egyptians, and some of other nations that had resided in Egypt, and who, on various accounts, might choose to go along with the...
Exodus 12:38 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, [even] very much cattle. Ver. 38. And a mixed multitude. ] Of strangers, that "took hold of the skirts of these Jews, and said,...
Exodus 12:38 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 fo...
Exodus 12:38 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE PASSOVER FEAST (vs.1-28) The time finally arrives for the Lord to accomplish a work of amazing power in Egypt in the deliverance of a nation numbering over two million, from the bondage of Eg...
Exodus 12:38 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Departure of the Israelites. B. C. 1491. 37 And the children of Israel journeyed from...
Exodus 12:38 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A mixed multitude, consisting of Egyptians or other people, who went with them, either because they were their servants, or that by this means they might free themselves from the servitude which th...
Exodus 12:38 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The First Stages of Their Journey ( Exodus 12:37 to Exodus 13:22 ). The journey from Egypt now commencing we are informed of the quantity of those leaving and the connection backwards with when...
Exodus 12:38 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 12:37-39 THE NOMINAL FOLLOWERS OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH; THE MOTIVES BY WHICH THEY ARE ACTUATED, AND THE PERPLEXITIES BY WHICH THEY ARE TESTED The child...
Exodus 12:38 - Scofield Reference Notes

mixed This mixed multitude, standing for unconverted church-members, was a source of weakness and division, then as now ( Numbers 11:4-6 ). ( See Scofield) - ( Numbers 11:4 ). There ha...
Exodus 12:38 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Exodus 12:30-41 (with Matthew 2:15 ) I. We cannot treat the Exodus as an isolated fact in history. Egypt is the type of the cunning, careless, wanton world, out of which in all ages God is cal...
Exodus 12:38 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 12:2 . The first month of the year. This is called Abib, Exodus 13:4 ; and Nisan, Esther 3:7 . It was before the seventh month, hence the earth is supposed to have been created in Septemb...
Exodus 12:38 - The Biblical Illustrator

Journeyed from Rameses. The setting forth of the Israelites from Egypt 1. The sons of Israel, or Church of God, are in a moving state below. 2. From countries and cities with habitations, Go...
Exodus 12:38 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE DEPARTURE . There are, no doubts, great difficulties in conceiving the departure on one day, from one place, of "six hundred thousand that were men, beside children." The diffi...
Exodus 12:38 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Journey to Succoth
Exodus 12:38 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

and a mixed multitude. Heb. a great mixture Numbers 11:4 Zechariah 8:23
Exodus 12:38 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 f...

Exodus 12:38 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exodus 12:38 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Exodus 12:38 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 12:38 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Exodus 12:38 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 12:38 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 12:38 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Exodus 12:38 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 12:38 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 12:38 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 12:38 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Exodus 12:38 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exodus 12:38 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 12:38 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 12:38 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 12:38 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 12:38 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 12:38 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 12:38 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 12:38 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 12:38 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 12:38 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 12:38 - Scofield Reference Notes

Exodus 12:38 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Exodus 12:38 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 12:38 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 12:38 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 12:38 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 12:38 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 12:38 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes