The Quail and the Plague

31 (A)Now a wind burst forth from the Lord and it brought quail from the sea, and dropped them beside the camp, about a day’s journey on this side and a day’s journey on the other side all around the camp, and about [a]two cubits deep on the surface of the ground.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 11:31 About 3 ft. or 90 cm

31 Now a wind went out from the Lord and drove quail(A) in from the sea. It scattered them up to two cubits[a] deep all around the camp, as far as a day’s walk in any direction.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 11:31 That is, about 3 feet or about 90 centimeters

27 When He rained meat upon them like the dust,
Even (A)winged fowl like the sand of the seas,
28 He let them fall in the midst of [a]their camp,
All around their dwellings.
29 So they (B)ate and were well filled,
And He [b]satisfied their longing.

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  1. Psalm 78:28 Lit His
  2. Psalm 78:29 Lit brought to them their

27 He rained meat down on them like dust,
    birds(A) like sand on the seashore.
28 He made them come down inside their camp,
    all around their tents.
29 They ate till they were gorged—(B)
    he had given them what they craved.

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40 [a]They (A)asked, and He brought (B)quail,
And satisfied them with the [b](C)bread of heaven.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 105:40 Or One
  2. Psalm 105:40 Or food

40 They asked,(A) and he brought them quail;(B)
    he fed them well with the bread of heaven.(C)

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