“‘And a mixed multitude went up also with them.’ In this multitude were not only those who were actuated by faith in the God of Israel, but also a far GREATER NUMBER who desired only to escape from the plagues, or who followed in the wake of the moving multitudes merely from excitement and curiosity. This class were ever a HINDRANCE and a SNARE to Israel.” {PP 281.2} “It was the mixed multitude that came from Egypt with the Israelites who were the PRINCIPAL MOVERS in this dreadful departure from God. They were called a mixed multitude, because the Hebrews had INTERMARRIED with the Egyptians.” {1SP 243.1} "By conforming to the practices of paganism, to facilitate the acceptance of Christianity by the heathen...To secure converts, the exalted standard of the Christian faith was lowered, and as the result ‘a pagan flood, flowing into the church, carried with it its customs, practices, and idols...’" {GC 384.5} Website: www.prophesyagain.org