In Numbers, chapter one, verse forty-six, the Lord speaks to Moses in Mount Sinai in the tabernacle of the congregation and has the census taken there that totaled six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty males above the age twenty, not including the Levites. These were the men counted by Moses and Aaron and the twelve leaders of Israel, each one representing his family. They were twenty years old or more eligible in Israel’s army and qualified for the count according to their families. However, the Nation of Israel, therefore, perhaps totaled at least two million people. To have so many humans sustained in the wilderness would have required a perpetual miracle, a truth that the Word of God stresses.
Six hundred thousand, including women and children, to be almost two million people would have to be an absolute miracle. They left Egypt with a mixed amount of cattle, flocks, and herds. God gave the Israelites favor among the Egyptians, who, in preparation, baked cakes with dough before they went out. In light of Exodus twelve thirty-seven, the distance between Rameses to Succoth is roughly one hundred and ten miles. However, the travel for the Israelites, including their necessities, is an approximation of fifty-eight hours to walk these two hundred and four kilometers, which is one hundred and twenty-seven miles.
A miracle from God had to be in the works for the six hundred thousand men and nearly two million people. Out of Egypt is the western Sinai peninsula, 110-150 miles from where the Hebrews lived in the Delta. The estimation of two to three full days of walking to get there represents a brisk but realistic pace. They had to cross the Red Sea with their things and get over on the other side on the 7th day after they left Rameses.
God does the impossible, as we know because all things are possible with God.