Numbers 11:32

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“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.”

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BSBPD

“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.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“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.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Numbers 11:32 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 16:36(Now an omer is a tenth of an ephah.)
  2. Ezekiel 45:11The ephah and the bath shall be the same quantity so that the bath will contain a tenth of a homer, and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer will be the standard measure for both.

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