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Manna and Quail from Heaven

Exodus 16:13

In 11 translations

BSB
That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.
KJV
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.
WEB
In the evening, quail came up and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew lay around the camp.
ASV
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.
LSV
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,
YLT
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,
DBY
And it came to pass in the evening, that quails came up, and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew lay round the camp.
DRC
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.
GNV
And so at euen the quailes came and couered the campe: and in the morning the dewe lay round about the hoste.
JPS
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.
LXXE
And it was evening, and quails came up and covered the camp:

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיְהִ֣י בָעֶ֔רֶב וַתַּ֣עַל הַשְּׂלָ֔ו וַתְּכַ֖ס אֶת־הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה וּבַבֹּ֗קֶר הָֽיְתָה֙ שִׁכְבַ֣ת הַטַּ֔ל סָבִ֖יב לַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃
LXX-Br
Ἐγένετο δὲ ἑσπέρα· καὶ ἀνέβη ὀρτυγομήτρα, καὶ ἐκάλυψε τὴν παρεμβολήν· τὸ πρωῒ ἐγένετο καταπαυομένης τῆς δρόσου κύκλῳ τῆς παρεμβολῆς.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Numbers 11:9When the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it.
  • Psalms 78:27–28He 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.
  • Psalms 105:40They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
  • Numbers 11:31–33Now 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…

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