KJV 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.
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Exodus 16:13
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.
WEB World English Bible
It happened at evening that quail came up and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew lay around the camp.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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,
Surrounding context — Exodus 16
10 And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.
11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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.
13 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.
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.
15 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.
16 This [is] the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, [according to] the number of your persons; take ye every man for [them] which [are] in his tents.
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וַיְהִ֣יH1961 · ha.yahto beבָעֶ֔רֶבH6153 · e.reveveningוַתַּ֣עַלH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseהַשְּׂלָ֔וH7958 · se.lavquailוַתְּכַ֖סH3680 · ka.sahto coverאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑הH4264 · ma.cha.nehcampוּבַבֹּ֗קֶרH1242 · bo.qermorningהָֽיְתָה֙H1961 · ha.yahto beשִׁכְבַ֣תH7902 · she.kha.vahsemenהַטַּ֔לH2919 · taldewסָבִ֖יבH5439 · sa.vivaroundלַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃H4264 · ma.cha.nehcamp
Cross-references
Numbers 11:9And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.Psalm 78:27-28He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:Psalm 105:40[The people] asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.Numbers 11:31-33And 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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