) "And chamushim did the children of Israel go up from the

Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael Mekhilta Tractate Vayehi Beshalach 1:7

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(Ibid.) "And chamushim did the children of Israel go up from the land of Egypt": "chamushim" indicates "armed," as in (Joshua 1:14) "Then you shall cross over chamushim" (in context, "armed"), and (Ibid. 4:12) "And the children of Reuven and the children of Gad and half the tribe of Menasheh crossed over chamushim … (13) forty thousand armed men, etc." Variantly: "chamushim went up from the land of Egypt"—one out of five (['chammishah'] who had been there). Others say: one out of fifty ('chamishim'). Other says: one out of five hundred ('chamesh me'oth').

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Moses Holy Land Egypt Tribes Joshua

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Joshua 1:14

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