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

The Lord Sends Quail

31 Now a wind from the Lord started up, and it swept 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, around the camp, and about two cubits[a] above the ground. 32 And the people stayed up all that day, all night, and all the next day, and gathered the quail. Those who gathered least gathered ten homers.[b] And they spread them out for themselves all around the camp.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 11:31 About 3 feet, or 90 centimeters.
  2. Numbers 11:32 Likely about 1¾ tons, or 1.6 metric tons.