Psalms 105:40

The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
asked	שָׁאַ֣ל sha.'Al	H7592	to inquire · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
brought	וַיָּבֵ֣א vai.ya.Ve'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
quails	שְׂלָ֑ו se.Lav	H7958	the quail collectively (as slow in flight from its weig… · noun, common feminine singular absolute
satisfied	יַשְׂבִּיעֵֽם yas.bi.'Em	H7646	to sate · verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
bread	וְלֶ֥חֶם ve.Le.chem	H3899	food (for man or beast) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct
heaven	שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם Sha.Ma.yim	H8064	the sky (as aloft · noun, common masculine plural absolute

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Cross-references

Psalms 78:18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
Numbers 11:31-33 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 thi…
Deuteronomy 8:3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he mig…
Joshua 5:12 And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but…
Nehemiah 9:20 Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.
Psalms 78:23-28 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
John 6:31-33 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
John 6:48-58 I am that bread of life.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 105:25–end

After the history of the patriarchs follows here the history of the people of Israel, when they grew into a nation. I. Their affliction in Egypt (Psa 105:25): He turned the heart of the Egyptians, who had protected them, to hate them and deal subtilely with them. God's goodness to his people exasperated the Egyptians against them; and, though their old antipathy to the Hebrews (which we read of Gen 43:32; Gen 46:34) was laid asleep for a while, yet now it revived with more violence than ever: formerly they hated them because they despised them, now because they feared them. They dealt subtilely with them, set all their politics on work to find out ways and means to weaken them, and waste the…

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John Gill on Psalms 105:40

The people asked, and he brought quails,.... The Targum is, "they asked flesh, and he brought quails,'' or pheasants; some render it partridges, others locusts: that is, the people of Israel asked flesh of the Lord, and he gave them quails; which he did twice, first at the same time the manna was first given, Exodus 16:13, and some years after that a second time, when the wrath of God came upon them and slew them while their meat was in their mouths, Numbers 11:31, it is the first time that is here referred to, since it is mentioned among the benefits and blessings bestowed upon them; this was typical of the spiritual meat believers eat of, even the flesh of Christ, whose flesh is meat ind…

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John Calvin on Psalms 105:39-43

Psalm 105:39-43 39. He spread out a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light during the night. 40. He asked, [234] and he brought quails, and filled them with the bread of heaven. 41. He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river. 42. For he remembered his holy promise, which he had spoken to Abraham his servant. 43. And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness. 39. He spread out a cloud for a covering The Psalmist enumerates certain miracles by which God continued his grace towards his people in the wilderness. This order is worthy of notice; for it was no small confirmation which was added to that incomparable work of…

The Church Fathers

"They asked, and the quail came" [Psalm 105:40]. They did not desire quails, but flesh. But since the quail is flesh, and in this Psalm he speaks not of the provocation of those who did not please God, but of the faith of the elect, the true seed of Abraham; they are to be understood to have desired that that might come which might crush the murmurs of those who provoked. Then in the next line, "And He filled them with the bread of heaven," he has not indeed named manna, but it is obscure to none who has read those records.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 105

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Dictionary and topics

Manna · Bread of heaven — Bread of heaven
Quail · The miracle of, at Kibroth-hattaavah — The miracle of, at Kibroth-hattaavah

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 105:40

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 105:25–end

John Gill on Psalms 105:40

John Calvin on Psalms 105:39-43

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 105:40

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 105:25–end

John Gill on Psalms 105:40

John Calvin on Psalms 105:39-43

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 105:39–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 105:39

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 105:40