A mixed multitude - Probably remains of the old Semitic population, whether first brought into the district by the Hyksos or not is uncertai…

THE DEPARTURE OF ISRAEL, THEIR NUMBERS, AND THE TIME OF THE EGYPTIAN SOJOURN.

The two principal statements of this passage …

And a mixed multitude. Although Abraham possessed many servants, it is hardly probable that during the famine Jacob maintained any persons…

And a mixed multitude went up also with them
Some of these were Egyptians, and some of other nations that had reside…

The children of Israel set out without delay. A mixed multitude went with them. Some, perhaps, were willing to leave their country, devastated by p…