Exodus 16:13

In the evening, quail came up and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew lay around the camp.

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In The King James Version

And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.

In Context

12“I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying, ‘At evening you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.’”

14When the dew that lay had gone, behold, on the surface of the wilderness was a small round thing, small as the frost on the ground.

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Cross References

Numbers 11:31A wind from the LORD 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 above the surface of the earth.

Psalms 78:28He let them fall in the middle of their camp, around their habitations.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 16:2-13

The Israelites Murmur for Bread. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt. 2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: 3 And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt,… Read the whole commentary →

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