Numbers 11:31 BSB — MannaFest

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.

BSB

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ASV

And there went forth a wind from Jehovah, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, about a day’s journey on this side, and a day’s journey on the other side, round about the camp, and about two cubits above the face of the earth.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

4 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And there went forth a wind from the Lord,.... Both an east wind and a south wind, according to Psa 78:26; either first one wind, and then another; one to bring the quails, or whatever are meant, to a certain point, and then the other to bring them to the camp of Israel; or a southeast wind, as the Jewish writers interpret it: however, it was not a common wind, but what was immediately raised by the Lord for the following purpose: and brought quails from the sea; the Red sea, from the coasts of it, not out of it.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It is uncertain what sort of animals they were; the psalmist calls them feathered fowl, or fowl of wing. The learned bishop Patrick inclines to agree with some modern writers, who think they were locusts, a delicious sort of food well known in those parts, the rather because they were brought with a wind, lay in heaps, and were dried in the sun for use.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

A wind from the Lord - An extraordinary one, not the effect of a natural cause. And brought quails, a bird which in great companies visits Egypt about the time of the year, March or April, at which the circumstance marked here took place. Mr. Hasselquist, the friend and pupil of the famous Linnaeus, saw many of them about this time of the year, when he was in Egypt. See his Travels, p. 2

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

It is evident, however, that the language describes the countless number of these quails. as it were two cubits high--Some have supposed that they fell on the ground above each other to that height--a supposition which would leave a vast quantity useless as food to the Israelites, who were forbidden to eat any animal that died of itself or from which the blood was not poured out.

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְר֜וּחַ	ve.Ru.ach	and a wind	H7307 →
נָסַ֣ע׀	na.Sa'	it set out	H5265 →
מֵאֵ֣ת	me.'Et	from with	H854 →
יְהוָ֗ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וַיָּ֣גָז	vai.Ya.goz	and it brought	H1468 →
שַׂלְוִים֮	sal.Vim	quails	H7958 →
מִן־	min-	from	H4480 →
הַיָּם֒	hai.Yam	the sea	H3220 →
וַיִּטֹּ֨שׁ	vai.yi.Tosh	and it left [them]	H5203 →
עַל־	'al-	at	H5921 →
הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֜ה	ha.ma.cha.Neh	the camp	H4264 →
כְּדֶ֧רֶךְ	ke.De.rekh	about a journey of	H1870 →
י֣וֹם	Yom	a day	H3117 →
כֹּ֗ה	Koh	thus	H3541 →
וּכְדֶ֤רֶךְ	u.khe.De.rekh	and about a journey of	H1870 →
יוֹם֙	yOm	a day	H3117 →
כֹּ֔ה	Koh	thus	H3541 →
סְבִיב֖וֹת	se.vi.Vot	around	H5439 →
הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה	ha.ma.cha.Neh	the camp	H4264 →
וּכְאַמָּתַ֖יִם	u.khe.'a.ma.Ta.yim	and about two cubits	H520 →
עַל־	'al-	above	H5921 →
פְּנֵ֥י	pe.Nei	[the] surface of	H6440 →
הָאָֽרֶץ׃	ha.'A.retz	the ground	H776 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 16:13
That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.
leads to
- Numbers 11:31–33
  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…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Numbers 11:9
  When the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it.
- Psalms 105:40
  They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
- Psalms 78:27–28
  He rained meat on them like dust, and winged birds like the sand of the sea.
Through
Exodus 15:10
But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
leads to
- Matthew 8:27
  The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey Him!”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Psalms 105:40
They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
leads to
- Psalms 78:18
  They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.
- Psalms 78:23–28
  Yet He commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of the heavens.
- John 6:48–58
  I am the bread of life.

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Numbers

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Numbers