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

11Then the Lord said to Moses, 12“I have heard the Israelites’ complaints. Now tell them, ‘In the evening you will have meat to eat, and in the morning you will have all the bread you want. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God.’” That evening vast numbers of quail flew in and covered the camp. And the next morning the area around the camp was wet with dew. 14When the dew evaporated, a flaky substance as fine as frost blanketed the ground. 15The Israelites were puzzled when they saw it. “What is it?” they asked each other. They had no idea what it was. And Moses told them, “It is the food the Lord has given you to eat.

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 the Lord sent a wind that brought quail from the sea and let them fall all around the camp. For miles in every direction there were quail flying about three feet above the ground.
• Psalms 78:27He rained down meat as thick as dust— birds as plentiful as the sand on the seashore!
• Psalms 105:40They asked for meat, and he sent them quail; he satisfied their hunger with manna—bread from heaven.
• Numbers 11:9The manna came down on the camp with the dew during the night.

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