"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 t…" — Exodus 16:13

Exodus 16:13 · 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.”

— Exodus 16:13

Verse 12

I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I {am} the LORD your God.

Verse 14

And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness {there lay} a small round thing, {as} small as the hoar frost on the ground.

Exodus 16 — Context

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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.

And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness {there lay} a small round thing, {as} small as the hoar frost on the ground.

And when the children of Israel saw {it}, they said one to another, It {is} manna: for they wist not what it {was}. And Moses said unto them, This {is} the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat. {It is...: or, What is this? or, It is a portion}

Cross References

Numbers 11:9

And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.

Psalms 105:40

{The people} asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

Psalms 78:27-28

He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea: {feathered...: Heb. fowl of wing}

Numbers 11:31-33

And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let {them} 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 {high} upon the face of the earth. {as it were a day's...: Heb. as it were the way of a day}