all they. The number in Exo_12:37 is not "exaggerated", as the number here had increased since then; moreover, the numbers here coincide with the numbers of the half-shekels, which had been contributed by them in Exo_30:14 with Exo_38:25, Exo_38:26, before the tabernacle was set up. Compare Exo_38:25 with Exo_40:17.