Numbers 11:31
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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 · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Numbers 11:31 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 10:13So 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 10:19And 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 15:10But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
- Exodus 16:13That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.
- Psalms 78:26He stirred the east wind from the heavens and drove the south wind by His might.
- Psalms 78:27He rained meat on them like dust, and winged birds like the sand of the sea.
- Psalms 105:40They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
- Psalms 135:7He 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.
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