mixed multitude

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mixed multitude - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Mixed multitude
  (Ex. 12:38), a class who accompanied the Israelites as they
  journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, the first stage of the
  Exodus. These were probably miscellaneous hangers-on to the
  Hebrews, whether Egyptians of the lower orders, or the remains
  of the Hyksos (see EGYPT; MOSES), as some
  think. The same thing happened on the return of the Jews from
  Babylon (Neh. 13:3), a "mixed multitude" accompanied them so
  far.