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Exodus 16:13

God's faithfulness

11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

12 I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.

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.

14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.

15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.

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BSB
That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.
KJV
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.
WEB
In the evening, quail came up and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew lay around the camp.
ASV
And it came to pass at even, that the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the camp.
DARBY
And it came to pass in the evening, that quails came up, and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew lay round the camp.
BLB
And it came to pass in the evening that the quail came up and covered the camp, and in the morning the dew was lying around the camp.
ÅB
Da det nå ble kveld, kom det vaktler og dekket leiren, og om morgenen var det et lag av dugg rundt omkring leiren.
OTB
Den kvelden kom det vaktler og dekket leiren, og om morgenen var det et lag med dugg rundt leiren.
B1930
Da det nu blev aften, kom det vaktler og dekket leiren, og om morgenen var det et lag av dugg rundt omkring leiren.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Numbers 11:9

    And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.

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  • Psalms 78:27–28

    He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:

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  • Psalms 105:40

    The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

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  • Numbers 11:31–33

    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.

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