How many people wandered with Moses in the wilderness?

Answer 1

The Bible says that 600,000 fighting men were among the Israelites who left Egypt. This is equivalent to a total population of at least 2,500,00, including women, children, the elderly and the priestly tribe. In addition to this number were all those who were born during the forty years in the wilderness. However, it seems that deaths more or less matched births, as a similar number of Israelites were said to have crossed over into Canaan, as left Egypt.
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Answer 2

According to The Bible, Moses led the Israelites, a group of around 600,000 men along with women and children, on the journey through the wilderness. In total, it is estimated that there were between 1.5 to 2 million people who wandered with Moses during this time.

Answer 3

The mature men were about 600,000 (Exodus 12:37), plus the 23,000 Levites (Numbers 3:39). To this must be added the converts (Exodus 12:38), and the women and children. Based on the ratio of firstborn to younger children (Numbers ch.3), it can be seen that the children were numerous. Estimates for the total number are usually given at two million or more.

Concerning the Exodus and Archaeology in general, see:

http://www.academia.edu/1651319/Is_the_Exodus_Story_Possible

http://www.biblicalchronologist.org/answers/exodus_egypt.php

http://judaism.answers.com/hebrew/does-archaeology-support-the-hebrew-bible

Answer 4

The Israelites were in the wilderness with Moses, from the 15th of Nisan, 1312 BCE, until the 7th of Adar, 1272 BCE. Moses died on that day, and the Israelites entered the land of Canaan (Israel) five days later. That is a period of forty years (Numbers ch.14), minus thirty-eight days, or a total of about 14,562 days ([365 x 40] -38). To that, you'd need to add about ten days, since each year is 1/4 day longer than 365 days.

Answer 5

Moses wandered in the desert for almost 40, forty years.

Answer 6

The route was far from being a straight line; and it doubled back on itself at least once. The total would be many hundreds of miles.

Answer 7

Forty years (Numbers ch.14), minus five days.

Answer 8

Moses spent 40 days on Mount Sinai.

Answer 9

Thirty days (Deuteronomy ch.34).