Jeff, Jeff, you ask such simple questions. Why, the line up in eighty rows of twenty-five thousand of course
Actually, I would just be guessing. For one thing, being less enamored with moses (very good, you have a basic knowledge of the Bible) would not necessarily make them less inclined to follow him. They are alone in the desert. What other choice do they have? As for taking the whole day? It very well could have taken quite some time. It would be difficult, no doubt abou that, but they had a cloud to guide them. When you have hundreds upon hundreds of miles of desert, you can space yourselves out pretry well.
As for Junior's numbers, I don't know. I'm at the liibrary right now and the computers are screwy so I can't really do much. When I get home I'll take a look
LOL - I grew up in the church and studied Christian apologetics.