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30 Then Moses—that is, he and the elders of Israel—returned to the camp.

Quails Come to the Camp

31 Just then, a wind burst forth from the Lord, who brought quails from the sea and spread them all around the camp, about a day’s journey in each direction, completely encircling the camp about two cubits[a] deep on top of the ground! 32 The people stayed up all that day, all that night, and all through the next day, gathering quails. The one who gathered least gathered enough to fill ten omers,[b] as they spread out all around the camp.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 11:31 I.e. about three feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
  2. Numbers 11:32 I.e. in dry capacity about two and a half gallons by volume