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31 A wind from Yahweh went out and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, about a day’s journey on this side, and a day’s journey on the other side, around the camp, and about two cubits[a] above the surface of the earth. 32 The people rose up all that day, and all of that night, and all the next day, and gathered the quails. He who gathered least gathered ten homers;[b] and they spread them all out for themselves around the camp. 33 While the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, Yahweh’s anger burned against the people, and Yahweh struck the people with a very great plague. 34 The name of that place was called Kibroth Hattaavah,[c] because there they buried the people who lusted.

35 From Kibroth Hattaavah the people traveled to Hazeroth; and they stayed at Hazeroth.

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Footnotes

  1. 11:31 A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
  2. 11:32 1 homer is about 220 liters or 6 bushels
  3. 11:34 Kibroth Hattaavah means “graves of lust”

The Quail

31 Then a wind set out from Yahweh, and it drove quails from the west, and he spread them out on the camp about a day’s journey on one side and about a day’s journey on the other, all around the camp, about two cubits on the surface of the land. 32 And so the people worked[a] all day and all night and all the next day, and they gathered the quail (the least of the ones collecting gathered ten homers).[b] 33 While the meat was still between their teeth, before it was consumed, Yahweh was angry with the people, and Yahweh struck a very great plague among the people. 34 And he called the name of that place Kibroth Hattaavah[c] because they buried the people that were greedy.[d] 35 From Kibroth Hattaavah[e] the people set out to Hazeroth; and they stayed[f] in Hazeroth.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 11:32 Literally “arose”
  2. Numbers 11:32 HALOT 330, “a dry measure”
  3. Numbers 11:34 Hebrew “the graves of greediness”
  4. Numbers 11:34 Literally “craved”
  5. Numbers 11:35 Hebrew “the graves of greediness”
  6. Numbers 11:35 Hebrew “they were”