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13 That evening vast numbers of quail flew in and covered the camp. And the next morning the area around the camp was wet with dew.

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The manna came down on the camp with the dew during the night.

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40 They asked for meat, and he sent them quail;
    he satisfied their hunger with manna—bread from heaven.

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27 He rained down meat as thick as dust—
    birds as plentiful as the sand on the seashore!
28 He caused the birds to fall within their camp
    and all around their tents.

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The Lord Sends Quail

31 Now the Lord sent a wind that brought quail from the sea and let them fall all around the camp. For miles in every direction there were quail flying about three feet above the ground.[a] 32 So the people went out and caught quail all that day and throughout the night and all the next day, too. No one gathered less than fifty bushels[b]! They spread the quail all around the camp to dry. 33 But while they were gorging themselves on the meat—while it was still in their mouths—the anger of the Lord blazed against the people, and he struck them with a severe plague.

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Footnotes

  1. 11:31 Or there were quail about 3 feet [2 cubits or 92 centimeters] deep on the ground.
  2. 11:32 Hebrew 10 homers [2.2 kiloliters].

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