30 Then Moses [a]returned to the camp, both he and the elders of Israel.

The Quail and the Plague

31 (A)Now there went forth a wind from the Lord 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, all around the camp and [b]about two [c]cubits deep on the surface of the ground. 32 The people [d]spent all day and all night and all the next day, and gathered the quail (he who gathered least gathered ten [e](B)homers) and they spread them out for themselves all around the camp.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 11:30 Lit removed himself
  2. Numbers 11:31 Or from about two cubits above
  3. Numbers 11:31 I.e. One cubit equals approx 18 in.
  4. Numbers 11:32 Lit rose
  5. Numbers 11:32 I.e. One homer equals approx 11 bu