Exodus 16:13

Exodus 16:13 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.
• English Standard Version (ESV)In the evening quail came up and covered the camp, and in the morning dew lay around the camp.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So it was that quails came up at evening and covered the camp, and in the morning the dew lay all around the camp.

Context of Exodus 16:13

11and the Lord spoke to Moses: 12“I have heard the murmurings of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘During the evening you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be satisfied with bread, so that you may know that I am the Lord your God.’” In the evening the quail came up and covered the camp, and in the morning a layer of dew was all around the camp. 14When the layer of dew had evaporated, there on the surface of the desert was a thin flaky substance, thin like frost on the earth. 15When the Israelites saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” because they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, “It is the bread that the Lord has given you for food.

Exodus 16:13 word by word

וַיְהִ֣י בָעֶ֔רֶב וַתַּ֣עַל הַשְּׂלָ֔ו וַתְּכַ֖ס אֶת־הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה וּבַבֹּ֗קֶר הָֽיְתָה֙ שִׁכְבַ֣ת הַטַּ֔ל סָבִ֖יב לַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And it came to pass, that at evenעֶ֫רֶב‛ereb · eveningH6153
• the quailsשְׂלָוώelâv ώelâyv · quailH7958
• came upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• and coveredכָּסָהkâsâh · to coverH3680
• the campמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
• and in the morningבֹּ֫קֶרbôqer · morningH1242
• the dewטַלţal · dewH2919
• layשְׁכָבָהshekâbâh · semenH7902
• round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439

Cross-references for Exodus 16:13

• Numbers 11:31Now a wind went out from the Lord and brought quail from the sea, and let them fall near the camp, about a day’s journey on this side, and about a day’s journey on the other side, all around the camp, and about three feet high on the surface of the ground.
• Psalms 78:27He rained down meat on them like dust, birds as numerous as the sand on the seashores.
• Psalms 105:40They asked for food, and he sent quails; he satisfied them with food from the sky.
• Numbers 11:9And when the dew came down on the camp in the night, the manna fell with it.)

Commentaries on Exodus 16:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13At even the quails came - שלו selav, from שלה salah, to be quiet, easy, or secure; and hence the quail, from their remarkably living at ease and plenty among the corn. "An amazing number of these birds," says Hasselquist, Travels, p. 209, "come to Egypt at this time, (March), for in this month the wheat ripens. They conceal themselves among the corn, but the Egyptians know that they are thieves, and when they imagine the field to be full of them they…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Quails - This bird migrates in immense numbers in spring from the south: it is nowhere more common than in the neighborhood of the Red Sea. In this passage we read of a single flight so dense that it covered the encampment. The miracle consisted in the precise time of the arrival and its coincidence with the announcement.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-21Verses 13-21 At evening the quails came up, and the people caught with ease as many as they needed. The manna came down in dew. They called it "Manna, Manhu," which means, "What is this?" "It is a portion; it is that which our God has allotted us, and we will take it, and be thankful." It was pleasant food; it was wholesome food. The manna was rained from heaven; it appeared, when the dew was gone, as a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost, like…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-36God demonstrated care for his people by providing manna and quail as food for them.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-3113-31. at even the quails came up, and covered the camp--This bird is of the gallinaceous kind [that is, relating to the order of heavy-bodied, largely terrestrial birds], resembling the red partridge, but not larger than the turtledove. They are found in certain seasons in the places through which the Israelites passed, being migratory birds, and they were probably brought to the camp by "a wind from the Lord" as on another occasion (Nu 11:31). and in…Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 16:13

• Israel
• Manna
• Miracles
• Quail
• Sin

In the dictionaries

• Ashamed
• Camp
• Exodus
• Food
• Manna
• None
• Quails
• Remain
• Rest
• Testimony

Commentaries on Exodus 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings