Exodus 12 — 37) "six hundred thousand men" — sixty ten

Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael Mekhilta Tractate Pischa 14:7

Curated by The Jewish Mythology Team · Published January 11, 2025

(Exodus 12:3)7) "six hundred thousand men": sixty ten thousands, as in (Song of Songs 3:7) "Behold, the couch of Shlomoh, (acronymically, 'He who spoke and brought the world into being') sixty (ten thousands) of the warriors of Israel" (who left Egypt.) (Ibid. 8) "all of them holding the sword, taught in war," viz. (Numbers 21:14) "whereof it is written in the book of the wars of the L–rd, etc." And it is written (Psalms 149:5-7) "Let the saintly exult in glory, let them sing upon their couches, the glory of G–d in their throats," and (8) "to bind their kings with shackles," and (9) "to execute upon them the written judgment—glory to all of His saints, Hallelukah!" (Exodus, Ibid.) "aside from the children": aside from the women and children, (another six hundred thousand). These are the words of R. Yishmael.

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Moses Divine justice Charity Holy Land

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