Have you ever sat down and thought about the numbers if 2 to 3 million people left Egypt? The Israelites were down in Egypt about 140 years. Could those people become 2-3 million in 140 years? Let’s do some math here. The three million is based on an estimate that 600,000 men would have wives (about 1.2 million) and they would have about 2 children each (2.4 million). It has been estimated there were only about 3-4 million people in Egypt total at this time. This would have meant that Israel would have comprised 75% of the population. So let’s see here; for that to happen in four generations, each couple would have to have about 32 children (70 x 32 x 32 x 32 =2.3 million). What a woman! Now if this is correct, assuming 1,000 square feet for a family (small for 34 people), three million people would cover an area of 21 square miles. Now the manna did not get supplied to them until they had been out in the desert 45 days, or for a month and a half. We’re talking 600,000 families here. If each of these families of approximately 34, had a lamb a day to eat, they would need about 2 million of them. The sheep production of the United States is only 12.5 million “a year.”

Also they would have needed three million gallons of water a day. Then if there were 600,000 men who were ready for battle, why would they be afraid of Pharaoh’s measly 600 chariots? What it appears may have happened here according to Rabbi Calpino, is the Hebrew letter “alef” is often translated as “thousand.” However, it can also mean “families.” If this was the case, then we would have “6 hundred families”, not 6 hundred “thousand.” This would mean each family would have had approximately 3-5 children (70 x5x5x5=8,750), plus the mixed multitude would have made it about 9,000 people. In that case, with only 600 Israelite warriors, 600 chariots would have meant getting wiped out for Israel. If each family consisted of 2 or 3 generations, then each family would be approximately 14-15 people. Now, am I saying God is incapable of doing it the way we’ve always heard, no. In the same vane, could there be another answer to these questions by a mistranslation of a letter, possibly.