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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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
people	הָעָ֡ם ha.'Am	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
up	וַיָּ֣קָם vai.Ya.kom	H6965	to rise (in various applications · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
day	הַיּוֹם֩ hai.yOm	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
night	הַלַּ֜יְלָה ha.Lay.lah	H3915	properly · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
next	הַֽמָּחֳרָ֗ת ha.mo.cho.Rat	H4283	the morrow or (adverbially) tomorrow · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
day	י֣וֹם Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · noun, common masculine singular construct
gathered	וַיַּֽאַסְפוּ֙ vai.ya.'as.Fu	H622	to gather for any purpose · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
quails	הַשְּׂלָ֔ו ha.se.Lav	H7958	the quail collectively (as slow in flight from its weig… · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
least	הַמַּמְעִ֕יט ha.mam.'It	H4591	properly · definite article + verb, hiphil active participle, masculine singular absolute
gathered	אָסַ֖ף 'a.Saf	H622	to gather for any purpose · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
ten	עֲשָׂרָ֣ה 'a.sa.Rah	H6235	ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
homers	חֳמָרִ֑ים cho.ma.Rim	H2563	properly · noun, common masculine plural absolute
spread	וַיִּשְׁטְח֤וּ vai.yish.te.Chu	H7849	to expand · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
abroad	שָׁט֔וֹחַ sha.To.ach	H7849	to expand · verb, qal infinitive absolute
about	סְבִיב֖וֹת se.vi.Vot	H5439	(as noun) a circle · noun, common both genders plural construct
camp	הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה Ha.ma.cha.Neh	H4264	an encampment (of travellers or troops) · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Ezekiel 45:11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an hom…
Exodus 16:36 Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 11:31–end

God, having performed his promise to Moses by giving him assessors in the government, thereby proving the power he has over the spirits of men by his Spirit, he here performs his promise to the people by giving them flesh, proving thereby his power over the inferior creatures and his dominion in the kingdom of nature. Observe, 1. How the people were gratified with flesh in abundance: A wind (a south-east wind, as appears, Psa 78:26) brought quails, Num 11:31. It is uncertain what sort of animals they were; the psalmist calls them feathered fowl, or fowl of wing. The learned bishop Patrick inclines to agree with some modern writers, who think they were locusts, a delicious sort of food well k…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 11:32

people stood up--rose up in eager haste--some at one time, others at another; some, perhaps through avidity, both day and night. ten homers--ten asses' loads; or, "homers" may be used indefinitely (as in Exo 8:14; Jdg 15:16); and "ten" for many: so that the phrase "ten homers" is equivalent to "great heaps." The collectors were probably one or two from each family; and, being distrustful of God's goodness, they gathered not for immediate consumption only, but for future use. In eastern and southern seas, innumerable quails are often seen, which, when weary, fall down, covering every spot on the deck and rigging of vessels; and in Egypt they come in such myriads that the people knock them d…

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John Gill on Numbers 11:32

And the people stood up all that day,.... The day on which they fell in the morning: and all that night; the night following: and all the next day; after that, even the space of thirty six hours: and they gathered the quails; not took them flying, as the Jewish writers suggest, before observed, but from the earth where they fell, in order to lay them up as a provision for time to come; or otherwise, had they taken them only for present use, they would not have been so long in gathering them; but they seemed greedy of them, and therefore took up all they could, or knew what to do with: he that gathered least gathered ten homers; or so many ass loads, as some interpret it; the words for an…

Dictionary and topics

Homer — Heap, the largest of dry measures, containing about 8 bushels or 1 quarter English = 10 ephahs (Lev. 27:16; Num. 11:32) = a COR. (See OMER.) “Half a homer,” a grain measure mentioned only in Hos. 3:2.
Quails — The Israelites were twice relieved in their privation by a miraculous supply of quails, (1) in the wilderness of Sin (Ex. 16:13), and (2) again at Kibroth-hattaavah (q.v.), Num. 11:31. God “rained…
Weights And Measures — A. WEIGHTS.—The general principle of the present inquiry is to give the evidence of the monuments the preference on all doubtful points. All ancient Greek systems of weight were derived, either…
Birds · Clean: Quail — Clean: Quail
Desert, Journey Of Israel Through The · Quails sent for a month — Quails sent for a month
Gluttony · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Kibroth-Hattaavah · A station where the Israelites were miraculously fed with quails — A station where the Israelites were miraculously fed with quails
Measure · 6. A homer, about eleven bushels, equal to a cor or ten ephahs — 6. A homer, about eleven bushels, equal to a cor or ten ephahs
Meteorology And Celestial Phenomena · .That brought the quails — .That brought the quails
Quail · The miracle of, at Kibroth-hattaavah — The miracle of, at Kibroth-hattaavah
Sanitation · G — G

Numbers 11:32

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 11:31–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 11:32

John Gill on Numbers 11:32

Dictionary and topics

Numbers 11:32

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 11:31–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 11:32

John Gill on Numbers 11:32

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Numbers 11:30-32

Keil & Delitzsch on Numbers 11:31-32

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Numbers 11:31-35

Rashi on Numbers 11:32