What would be your best guesstimate as to the total population of the Hebrew camp when Moses lifted up the serpent on the pole?
In Num 1 there were 603,550 men 20 and up 'ready for war'. So if you add a couple thousand lame or sick, and another couple thousand that were too old for war you have 608,000. And if each of those men on average had a wife and four children you are up to around 3,000,000 or so. Does this seem reasonable???????
In Num 1 there were 603,550 men 20 and up 'ready for war'. So if you add a couple thousand lame or sick, and another couple thousand that were too old for war you have 608,000. And if each of those men on average had a wife and four children you are up to around 3,000,000 or so. Does this seem reasonable???????