Exodus 12:38 Commentary: Rashi, Sforno & Rashbam

וְגַם־עֵ֥רֶב רַ֖ב עָלָ֣ה אִתָּ֑ם וְצֹ֣אן וּבָקָ֔ר מִקְנֶ֖ה כָּבֵ֥ד מְאֹֽד׃

And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.

Rashi on Exodus

ערב רב A MIXED MULTITUDE — a mingling of various nations who had become proselytes.
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Sforno on Exodus

וצאן ובקר, of the mixed multitude who were leaving Egypt with the Israelites to take up residence among them together with all their belongings.
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Rashbam on Exodus

ערב רב, an expression describing a mixed assortment, as we find it in Psalms 106,35 ויתערבו בגוים, “they mixed freely with the gentiles, assimilated.”
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