KJV King James Version
And the people stood up all that day, and all [that] night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread [them] all abroad for themselves round about the camp.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Numbers 11:32
And the people stood up all that day, and all [that] night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread [them] all abroad for themselves round about the camp.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
All 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.
WEB World English Bible
The people rose up all that day, and all the night, and all the next day, and gathered the quails. He who gathered least gathered ten homers; and they spread them all abroad for themselves around the camp.
ASV American Standard Version
And the people rose up all that day, and all the night, and all the next day, and gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the people rise all that day, and all the night, and all the day after, and gather the quails—he who hath least hath gathered ten homers—and they spread them out for themselves round about the camp.
Surrounding context — Numbers 11
29 And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD’S people were prophets, [and] that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!
30 And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.
31 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.
32 And the people stood up all that day, and all [that] night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread [them] all abroad for themselves round about the camp.
33 And while the flesh [was] yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague.
34 And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.
35 [And] the people journeyed from Kibrothhattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth.
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וַיָּ֣קָםH6965 · qa.may(Leb)-kamaiהָעָ֡םH5971 · ampeopleכָּל־H3605 · kolallהַיּוֹם֩H3117 · yomdayהַה֨וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itוְכָל־H3605 · kolallהַלַּ֜יְלָהH3915 · lay.lahnightוְכֹ֣ל׀H3605 · kolallי֣וֹםH3117 · yomdayהַֽמָּחֳרָ֗תH4283 · mo.cho.ratmorrowוַיַּֽאַסְפוּ֙H622 · a.saphto gatherאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַשְּׂלָ֔וH7958 · se.lavquailהַמַּמְעִ֕יטH4591 · ma.atto diminishאָסַ֖ףH622 · a.saphto gatherעֲשָׂרָ֣הH6235 · e.sertenחֳמָרִ֑יםH2563 · cho.merclayוַיִּשְׁטְח֤וּH7849 · sha.tachto spreadלָהֶם֙H9038 · hemthemשָׁט֔וֹחַH7849 · sha.tachto spreadסְבִיב֖וֹתH5439 · sa.vivaroundהַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃H4264 · ma.cha.nehcamp
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