Discovery BoxExodus 12:38 
Context12:38 A mixed multitude 1 also went up with them, and flocks and herds – a very large number of cattle. 2
Exodus 39:39
Context39:39 the bronze altar and its bronze grating, its poles, and all its utensils; the large basin with its pedestal;
Exodus 40:7
Context40:7 You are to put the large basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it. 3
1 tn The “mixed multitude” (עֵרֶב רַב, ’erev rav) refers to a great “swarm” (see a possible cognate in 8:21[17]) of folk who joined the Israelites, people who were impressed by the defeat of Egypt, who came to faith, or who just wanted to escape Egypt (maybe slaves or descendants of the Hyksos). The expression prepares for later references to riffraff who came along.
2 tn Heb “and very much cattle.”
3 tn Heb “there.”
