Numbers 11:31 “Now a wind sent by the LORD came up, drove in quail from the sea, and…”

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

A wind from the LORD went out 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, around the camp, and about two cubits above the surface of the earth.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then there went foorth a winde from the Lord, and brought quailes from the Sea, and let them fall vpon the campe, a dayes iourney on this side, and a dayes iourney on the other side, round about the hoste, and they were about two cubites aboue the earth.

Darby Translation

And there went forth a wind from Jehovah, and drove quails from the sea, and cast them about the camp, about a day's journey on this side, and about a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and about two cubits above the earth.

Young's Literal Translation

And a spirit hath journeyed from Jehovah, and cutteth off quails from the sea, and leaveth by the camp, as a day's journey here, and as a day's journey there, round about the camp, and about two cubits, on the face of the land.

Bible in Basic English

Then the Lord sent a wind, driving little birds from the sea, so that they came down on the tents, and all round the tent-circle, about a day's journey on this side and on that, in masses about two cubits high over the face of the earth.

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Cross references

“a wind”

Exodus 10:13 Exodus 10:19 Exodus 15:10 Psalm 135:7

Exodus 10:13 · BSB

So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and throughout that day and night the LORD sent an east wind across the land. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts.

Exodus 10:19 · BSB

And the LORD changed the wind to a very strong west wind that carried off the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust remained anywhere in Egypt.

Exodus 15:10 · BSB

But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

Psalm 135:7 · BSB

He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.

“and brought”

Exodus 16:13 Psalm 78:26–29 Psalm 105:40

Exodus 16:13 · BSB

That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.

Psalm 78:26–29 · BSB

He stirred the east wind from the heavens and drove the south wind by His might.

Psalm 105:40 · BSB

They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

30Then Moses returned to the camp, along with the elders of Israel.

32All 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.

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