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30 And Moses and the elders of Israel returned to the camp.

Quail and a Plague

31 Then a (A)wind from the Lord sprang up, and it brought quail from the sea and let them fall beside the camp, about a day's journey on this side and a day's journey on the other side, round the camp, and about two cubits[a] above the ground. 32 And the people rose all that day and all night and all the next day, and gathered the quail. Those who gathered least gathered ten (B)homers.[b] And they spread them out for themselves all round the camp.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 11:31 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimetres
  2. Numbers 11:32 A homer was about 6 bushels or 220 litres