Exodus 12:37

Rameses] see on Exodus 1:11. Succoth has been identified with the Egyptian Thuku, the region whose capital was Pithom: see on Exodus 1:11. Six hundred thousand on foot that were men] i.e. of twenty years old and upwards, fit for war. This implies a total of perhaps three millions. On the number see intro. to Numbers 1, and on Numbers 14:21.