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Numbers 11:31

29 And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD’s people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!

30 And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.

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.

32 And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.

33 And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague.

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
A 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.
ASV
And there went forth a wind from Jehovah, 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, round about the camp, and about two cubits above the face of the earth.
DARBY
And there went forth a wind from Jehovah, and drove quails from the sea, and cast them about the camp, about a day's journey on this side, and about a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and about two cubits above the earth.
BLB
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.
ÅB
Da brøt det løs en storm fra Herren, og den førte vaktler inn fra havet og strødde dem over leiren, omkring en dagsreise på den ene kant og omkring en dagsreise på den andre kant rundt om leiren og omkring to alen over jordens overflate.
OTB
En vind gikk ut fra Herren og brakte vaktler fra havet, og lot dem falle ved siden av leiren, omtrent en dags reise på den ene siden og en dags reise på den andre siden, rundt leiren, omtrent to alen dypt på bakken.
B1930
Da brøt det løs en storm fra Herren, og den førte vaktler inn fra havet og strødde dem over leiren, omkring en dagsreise på den ene kant og omkring en dagsreise på den andre kant rundt om leiren og omkring to alen over jordens overflate.

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Cross references

  • Exodus 16:13

    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.

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  • Psalms 78:26–29

    He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.

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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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  • Exodus 15:10

    Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.

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  • Psalms 135:7

    He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.

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  • Exodus 10:19

    And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.

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  • Exodus 10:13

    And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.

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