Bible Strands
Exodus 16:13
That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses the Israelites' complaint by promising meat at twilight and bread in the morning, fulfilling that promise as evening arrives over their desert encampment.
The words — הַשָּׂלָו (ha-salav) identifies the specific flock of quail, and the verb תּכַס (te-khas) describes their action of completely covering the camp.
The thread — This provision sequence appears in Numbers 11:9, where dew precedes manna, and is later recalled in Psalms 78:27 and Psalms 105:40 as wilderness sustenance.
Why it lands — The text records a timed, physical provision that requires the reader to track how divine promise meets immediate human need without mediation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Numbers 11:9 When the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it.
- Psalms 78:27 He rained meat on them like dust, and winged birds like the sand of the sea.
- Psalms 105:40 They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
- Numbers 11:31 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.