Numbers 11:31

Translations

Modern

Now a wind sent by the LORD came up, drove in quail from the sea, and brought them near the camp, about two cubits above the surface of the ground, for a day’s journey in every direction around the camp.

Traditional

And there went forth a wind from the Lord, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day’s journey on this side, and as it were a day’s journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.

Literal

And a wind went out from YHWH, and it brought quail from the sea and left them near the camp, about a journey of a day on this side, and about a journey of a day on this side, all around the camp, and about two cubits above the surface of the ground.

Latin

Ventus autem egrediens a Domino, arreptans trans mare coturnices detulit, et demisit in castra itinere quantum uno die confici potest, ex omni parte castrorum per circuitum, volabantque in aëre duobus cubitis altitudine super terram.

Original

Hebrew

English

Now a wind sent by the LORD came up, drove in quail from the sea, and brought them near the camp, about two cubits above the surface of the ground, for a day’s journey in every direction around the camp.

Notes

Numbers 11:31–35

God answered the people's complaints by sending a storm of quail and a plague. God had given quail with manna in Exodus 16:13. But here the quail showed God's judgment through an excessive abundance.

Numbers 11:1–35

This is one of many occasions in the wilderness when Israel was disobedient to the Lord.

Theme notes and profiles

Moses

Measurements

the ground: About 3 ft (91.4 cm)

Related verses

Exodus 16:13
That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.
Psalm 78:26–29
He stirred the east wind from the heavens and drove the south wind by His might.
Psalm 105:40
They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
Psalm 135:7
He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
Exodus 15:10
But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
Exodus 10:19
And the LORD changed the wind to a very strong west wind that carried off the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust remained anywhere in Egypt.
Exodus 10:13
So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and throughout that day and night the LORD sent an east wind across the land. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts.

Glossary

Day’s Journey Deuteronomy, Book of Numbers, Book of Quail

Topics

Birds: Clean: Quail Blessing: Temporal, from God in Egypt: Quail God: Supplying Manna and Quail Journey of Israel Through The Desert: To Kibrothhattaavah: Quails Sent for a Month Kibroth-Hattaavah: A Station where the Israelites Were Miraculously Fed with Quails Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena: Phenomena of That Brought the Quails Prayer: Answered: Moses, Concerning the Complaint of the Israelites for Meat Quail: The Miracle of, at Kibroth-Hattaavah Sanitation: Gluttony, Disease Resulting From The Wind: Miracles Connected With: Quails Brought By Trouble: Food

Numbers 11:31

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