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And the next morning the area around the camp was wet with dew.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/exodus/16.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />In the evening quail came up and covered the camp, and in the morning dew lay around the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/16.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/16.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/16.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So it was that quail came up at evening and covered the camp, and in the morning the dew lay all around the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So it came about at evening that the quails came up and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/16.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So it came about at evening that the quails came up and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />So it came about at evening that the quails came up and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So it happened at evening that the quails came up and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So in the evening the quails came up and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a blanket of dew around the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So at evening quail came and covered the camp. In the morning there was a layer of dew all around the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So at evening quail came and covered the camp. In the morning there was a layer of dew all around the camp. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/16.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And it came to pass at even, that the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />That evening a lot of quails came and landed everywhere in the camp, and the next morning dew covered the ground. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/16.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And it came to pass at even, that the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />That evening quails came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/16.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />In the evening a large flock of quails flew in, enough to cover the camp, and in the morning there was dew all around the camp. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/16.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Later that evening quail came up and covered the camp, and then in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/16.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />In the evening the quail came up and covered the camp, and in the morning a layer of dew was all around the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />It happened at evening that quail came up and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew lay around the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And it came to pass, that at evening the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay around the host.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/16.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />In the evening, quail came up and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew lay around the camp. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And it comes to pass in the evening, that the quail comes up, and covers the camp, and in the morning there has been the lying of dew around the camp,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And it cometh to pass in the evening, that the quail cometh up, and covereth the camp, and in the morning there hath been the lying of dew round about the camp,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And it shall be in the evening, the quail shall come up and shall cover the camp: and in the morning the dew was lying round about the camp.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />So it came to pass in the evening, that quails coming up, covered the camp: and in the morning, a dew lay round about the camp. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Therefore, it happened in the evening: quails, rising up, covered the camp. Likewise, in the morning, a dew lay all around the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/16.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />In the evening, quail came up and covered the camp. In the morning there was a layer of dew all about the camp,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />In the evening quails came up and covered the camp; and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And it came to pass that at evening the quails came up and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew lay round about the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/16.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And it was in the evening and the quail came up and covered the encampment, and at dawn there was a being, a mist of dew around the camp.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/16.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And it came to pass at even, that the quails came up, and covered the camp; and in the morning there was a layer of dew round about the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/16.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And it was evening, and quails came up and covered the camp:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/16-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=4083" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/16.htm">Manna and Quail from Heaven</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">12</span>“I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.’ ” <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: way·hî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6153.htm" title="6153: ḇā·‘e·reḇ (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Evening. From arab; dusk.">That evening</a> <a href="/hebrew/7958.htm" title="7958: haś·śə·lāw (Art:: N-fs) -- Quail. Or slayv; by orthographical variation from shalah through the idea of sluggishness; the quail collectively.">quail</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: wat·ta·‘al (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">came</a> <a href="/hebrew/3680.htm" title="3680: wat·tə·ḵas (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To cover. A primitive root; properly, to plump, i.e. Fill up hollows; by implication, to cover.">and covered</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4264.htm" title="4264: ham·ma·ḥă·neh (Art:: N-cs) -- An encampment, camp. From chanah; an encampment; hence, an army, whether literal or figurative.">the camp,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1242.htm" title="1242: ū·ḇab·bō·qer (Conj-w, Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Morn- ing. From baqar; properly, dawn; generally, morning.">and in the morning</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yə·ṯāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">there was</a> <a href="/hebrew/7902.htm" title="7902: šiḵ·ḇaṯ (N-fsc) -- (act of) lying, a layer. From shakab; a lying down.">a layer</a> <a href="/hebrew/2919.htm" title="2919: haṭ·ṭal (Art:: N-ms) -- Night mist, dew. From talal; dew.">of dew</a> <a href="/hebrew/5439.htm" title="5439: sā·ḇîḇ (Adv) -- Circuit, round about. Or cbiybah; from cabab; a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly around.">around</a> <a href="/hebrew/4264.htm" title="4264: lam·ma·ḥă·neh (Prep-l, Art:: N-cs) -- An encampment, camp. From chanah; an encampment; hence, an army, whether literal or figurative.">the camp.</a> </span><span class="reftext">14</span>When the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor, as fine as frost on the ground.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/11-31.htm">Numbers 11:31-32</a></span><br />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. / All that day and night, and all the next day, the people stayed up gathering the quail. No one gathered less than ten homers, and they spread them out all around the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-27.htm">Psalm 78:27-28</a></span><br />He rained meat on them like dust, and winged birds like the sand of the sea. / He felled them in the midst of their camp, all around their dwellings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-31.htm">John 6:31-33</a></span><br />Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” / Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. / For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/105-40.htm">Psalm 105:40</a></span><br />They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-20.htm">Nehemiah 9:20-21</a></span><br />You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water for their thirst. / For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-3.htm">1 Corinthians 10:3</a></span><br />They all ate the same spiritual food<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/8-3.htm">Deuteronomy 8:3</a></span><br />He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-49.htm">John 6:49-51</a></span><br />Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. / This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die. / I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/11-7.htm">Numbers 11:7-9</a></span><br />Now the manna resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of gum resin. / The people walked around and gathered it, ground it on a handmill or crushed it in a mortar, then boiled it in a cooking pot or shaped it into cakes. It tasted like pastry baked with fine oil. / When the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/4-4.htm">Matthew 4:4</a></span><br />But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-58.htm">John 6:58</a></span><br />This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your fathers, who ate the manna and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/8-16.htm">Deuteronomy 8:16</a></span><br />He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-23.htm">Psalm 78:23-25</a></span><br />Yet He commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of the heavens. / He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven. / Man ate the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-26.htm">John 6:26-27</a></span><br />Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it is not because you saw these signs that you are looking for Me, but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. / Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/11-18.htm">Numbers 11:18-20</a></span><br />And say to the people: Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you will eat meat, because you have cried out in the hearing of the LORD, saying: ‘Who will feed us meat? For we were better off in Egypt!’ Therefore the LORD will give you meat, and you will eat. / You will eat it not for one or two days, nor for five or ten or twenty days, / but for a whole month—until it comes out of your nostrils and makes you nauseous—because you have rejected the LORD, who is among you, and have cried out before Him, saying, ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?’”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">the quails.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/11-31.htm">Numbers 11:31-33</a></b></br> And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let <i>them</i> 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 <i>high</i> upon the face of the earth… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/78-27.htm">Psalm 78:27,28</a></b></br> He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/105-40.htm">Psalm 105:40</a></b></br> <i>The people</i> asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.</p><p class="hdg">the dew</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/11-9.htm">Numbers 11:9</a></b></br> And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/40-19.htm">Birds</a> <a href="/exodus/14-24.htm">Camp</a> <a href="/exodus/15-10.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/exodus/8-6.htm">Covereth</a> <a href="/genesis/27-39.htm">Dew</a> <a href="/exodus/16-12.htm">Evening</a> <a href="/exodus/15-4.htm">Host</a> <a href="/exodus/7-23.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/exodus/14-30.htm">Lying</a> <a href="/exodus/16-12.htm">Morning</a> <a href="/philippians/1-28.htm">Quail</a> <a href="/psalms/105-40.htm">Quails</a> <a href="/exodus/13-18.htm">Round</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/1-14.htm">Birds</a> <a href="/exodus/19-16.htm">Camp</a> <a href="/exodus/19-18.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/exodus/24-15.htm">Covereth</a> <a href="/exodus/16-14.htm">Dew</a> <a href="/exodus/18-13.htm">Evening</a> <a href="/numbers/1-3.htm">Host</a> <a href="/exodus/16-14.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-47.htm">Lying</a> <a href="/exodus/16-19.htm">Morning</a> <a href="/numbers/11-31.htm">Quail</a> <a href="/numbers/11-31.htm">Quails</a> <a href="/exodus/16-14.htm">Round</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 16</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/16-1.htm">The Israelites come to Sin, and murmur for want of bread</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/16-4.htm">God promises them bread and meat from heaven, and they are rebuked</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/16-13.htm">Quail and manna are sent</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/16-16.htm">The ordering of manna</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/16-25.htm">It was not to be found on the Sabbath</a></span><br><span class="reftext">32. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/16-32.htm">An omer of it is preserved</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Quail are migratory birds, and their appearance in the Sinai Peninsula is consistent with natural patterns, as they often migrate across this region. This event is a miraculous provision, as the quail came in such abundance that they covered the camp, ensuring that the Israelites had enough to eat. This provision of quail is also mentioned in <a href="/numbers/11-31.htm">Numbers 11:31-32</a>, where it is described in greater detail. The quail can be seen as a type of Christ, who is the Bread of Life, providing sustenance to His people. The timing of the quail's arrival in the evening parallels the Passover lamb, which was also prepared in the evening, pointing to the sacrificial provision of Christ.<p><b>and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp</b><br>The morning dew is significant as it sets the stage for the appearance of manna, the bread from heaven. Dew in the Bible often symbolizes blessing and divine favor (<a href="/genesis/27-28.htm">Genesis 27:28</a>, <a href="/hosea/14-5.htm">Hosea 14:5</a>). The dew around the camp is a precursor to the miraculous provision of manna, which would sustain the Israelites throughout their 40 years in the wilderness. This daily provision of manna is a foreshadowing of Jesus Christ, who refers to Himself as the true bread from heaven in <a href="/john/6-32.htm">John 6:32-35</a>. The consistency and reliability of the manna, appearing with the dew each morning, underscore God's faithfulness and the importance of daily dependence on Him for sustenance. The dew's presence also emphasizes the freshness and purity of God's provision, as it was new every morning, much like the mercies of God (<a href="/lamentations/3-22.htm">Lamentations 3:22-23</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God who were delivered from slavery in Egypt and are now journeying through the wilderness.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses_and_aaron.htm">Moses and Aaron</a></b><br>Leaders appointed by God to guide the Israelites during their exodus from Egypt.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness_of_sin.htm">The Wilderness of Sin</a></b><br>The geographical location where the Israelites camped and experienced God's provision of quail and manna.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/q/quail.htm">Quail</a></b><br>Birds provided by God as a source of meat for the Israelites in the evening.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/d/dew.htm">Dew</a></b><br>The morning moisture that preceded the appearance of manna, symbolizing God's provision.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision.htm">God's Provision</a></b><br>God provides for our needs in unexpected ways, just as He provided quail and manna for the Israelites.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_timing.htm">Trust in God's Timing</a></b><br>The Israelites received quail in the evening and manna in the morning, teaching us to trust in God's perfect timing for provision.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/contentment_and_gratitude.htm">Contentment and Gratitude</a></b><br>The Israelites' experience reminds us to be content and grateful for God's daily provisions, avoiding the temptation to grumble or complain.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god.htm">Dependence on God</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites depended on God for daily sustenance, we are called to rely on Him for our spiritual and physical needs.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_instructions.htm">Obedience to God's Instructions</a></b><br>The provision of quail and manna came with specific instructions, teaching us the importance of obedience to God's commands.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_16.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 16</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_was_quail's_role_in_the_bible.htm">What role did quail play in the biblical narrative?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_1m_israelites_survive_40_years.htm">How could over a million Israelites survive in the desert for 40 years without leaving archaeological evidence?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_signs_and_wonders.htm">What does the Bible say about signs and wonders?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_israelites_survive_without_bread.htm">(Deut 29:6) If the Israelites lacked basic provisions like bread and wine, how did they realistically survive in the harsh desert environment? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/16.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) <span class= "bld">At even the quails came up.</span>--The common quail (<span class= "ital">Tetrao coturnix</span>) is very abundant in the East, and regularly migrates from Syria and Arabia in the autumn of the year for the purpose of wintering in Central Africa, whence it returns in immense masses in the spring (Schubert: <span class= "ital">Reise, </span>vol. ii., p. 361). Exhausted after a long flight over the Red Sea, the flocks drop to the ground as soon as they reach the coast, and it is then easy either to take the birds with the hand or to kill them with sticks. Diodorus says that "the inhabitants of Arabia Petraea were wont to prepare long nets, and spread them near the coast for many furlongs, by which means they caught a great quantity of quails, which were in the habit of coming in from the sea" (ii. 60), The flesh of the quail is regarded as a delicacy throughout the East, though if too many are eaten it is said to be unwholesome.<p><span class= "bld">The dew lay.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">there was a lying of dew. </span>A heavy fall seems to be meant.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/16.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 13.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The quails came up</span>. The word here translated, "quails" has been supposed to designate the flying-fish (<span class="accented">Trigla Israelitarum</span> of Ehrenberg), or a species of locust (Ludolf). But <a href="/psalms/78-28.htm">Psalm 78:28</a>, makes it clear that "feathered fowls" are intended; and moderns generally, are agreed that the rendering "quails" is right. It has the authority of the Septuagint, of Josephus, and of the Vulgate. Diodorus says that "the inhabitants of Arabia Petraea prepared long nets, spread them near the coast for many stadia, and thus caught a great number of quails which are in the habit of coming in from the sea" (2:60). The quail regularly migrates from Syria and Arabia in the autumn, and winters in the interior of Africa, whence it returns northwards in immense masses in the spring (Schubert, <span class="accented">Reise</span>, vol. 2. p. 361). Kalisch thinks that the particular species of quail intended is the kata of the Arabs (<span class="accented">Tetrao</span> <span class="accented">Alchata</span> of Linnaeus); but the common quail (<span class="accented">Tetrao coturnix</span>) is preferred by most commentators. When these birds approach the coast after a long flight over the Red Sea, they are often so exhausted that they rather fall to the ground than settle, and are then easily taken by the hand or killed with sticks. Their flesh is regarded by the natives as a delicacy. <span class="cmt_word">Covered the camp</span> - <span class="accented">i.e.</span>, covered all the ground between the tents in which the Israelites lived in the wilderness. <span class="cmt_word">The dew lay</span>. Literally, "there was a layer of dew" - something, <span class="accented">i.e.</span>, lay on the ground outside the camp which looked like dew, and was in part dew, but not wholly so. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/16-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">That evening</span><br /><span class="heb">בָעֶ֔רֶב</span> <span class="translit">(ḇā·‘e·reḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6153.htm">Strong's 6153: </a> </span><span class="str2">Evening</span><br /><br /><span class="word">quail</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשְּׂלָ֔ו</span> <span class="translit">(haś·śə·lāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7958.htm">Strong's 7958: </a> </span><span class="str2">The quail</span><br /><br /><span class="word">came</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתַּ֣עַל</span> <span class="translit">(wat·ta·‘al)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> </span><span class="str2">To ascend, in, actively</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and covered</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתְּכַ֖ס</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tə·ḵas)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3680.htm">Strong's 3680: </a> </span><span class="str2">To plump, fill up hollows, to cover</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the camp,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(ham·ma·ḥă·neh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4264.htm">Strong's 4264: </a> </span><span class="str2">An encampment, an army</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and in the morning</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבַבֹּ֗קֶר</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇab·bō·qer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1242.htm">Strong's 1242: </a> </span><span class="str2">Dawn, morning</span><br /><br /><span class="word">there was</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיְהִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(way·hî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a layer</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁכְבַ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(šiḵ·ḇaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7902.htm">Strong's 7902: </a> </span><span class="str2">(act of) lying, a layer</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of dew</span><br /><span class="heb">הַטַּ֔ל</span> <span class="translit">(haṭ·ṭal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2919.htm">Strong's 2919: </a> </span><span class="str2">Night mist, dew</span><br /><br /><span class="word">around</span><br /><span class="heb">סָבִ֖יב</span> <span class="translit">(sā·ḇîḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5439.htm">Strong's 5439: </a> </span><span class="str2">A circle, neighbour, environs, around</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the camp.</span><br /><span class="heb">לַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(lam·ma·ḥă·neh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4264.htm">Strong's 4264: </a> </span><span class="str2">An encampment, an army</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/16-13.htm">Exodus 16:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/16-13.htm">Exodus 16:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/16-13.htm">Exodus 16:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/16-13.htm">Exodus 16:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/16-13.htm">Exodus 16:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/16-13.htm">Exodus 16:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/16-13.htm">Exodus 16:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/16-13.htm">Exodus 16:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/16-13.htm">Exodus 16:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/16-13.htm">Exodus 16:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/16-13.htm">OT Law: Exodus 16:13 It happened at evening that quail came (Exo. 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