The Israelites journeyed ¹  from Rameses ²  to Sukkoth. There were about 600,000 men ³  on foot, plus their dependants. ⁴ 

Now therefore kill every boy, ¹  and kill every woman who has had sexual intercourse with a man. ² 

But all the young women ¹  who have not had sexual intercourse with a man ²  will be yours. ³ 

Then they came very close to him and said, “We will build sheep folds here for our flocks and cities for our families, ¹ 

So build cities for your descendants and pens for your sheep, but do what you have said ¹  you would do.”

Our children, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock will be there in the cities of Gilead,

your infants, your wives, and the ¹  foreigners living in your encampment, those who chop wood and those who carry water –

They turned and went on their way, but they walked behind the children, the cattle, and their possessions. ¹ 

All the men of Judah ¹  were standing before the Lord, along with their infants, wives, and children.

and to all the infants, wives, sons, and daughters of the entire assembly listed in the genealogical records, for they faithfully consecrated themselves.

They captured as plunder ¹  all their wealth, all their little ones, and their wives, including everything in the houses.

You are also commanded to say, ¹  ‘Do this: Take for yourselves wagons from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives. Bring your father and come.

Joseph also provided food for his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household, according to the number of their little children.

When you gather in the crop, ¹  give ²  one-fifth of it to Pharaoh, and the rest ³  will be yours for seed for the fields and for you to eat, including those in your households and your little children.”

all Joseph’s household, his brothers, and his father’s household. But they left their little children and their flocks and herds in the land of Goshen.

So now, don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your little children.” Then he consoled them and spoke kindly ¹  to them.

He said to them, “The Lord will need to be with you ¹  if I release you and your dependents! ²  Watch out! ³  Trouble is right in front of you! ⁴ 

Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go, serve the Lord – only your flocks and herds will be detained. Even your families ¹  may go with you.”

Why has the Lord brought us into this land only to be killed by the sword, that our wives and our children should become plunder? Wouldn’t it be better for us to return to Egypt?”

But I will bring in your little ones, whom you said would become victims of war, ¹  and they will enjoy ²  the land that you have despised.