Exo 16:13-14, Deu 32:2, Psa 78:23-25, 105:40 | TSK | STEP | the quails.The Hebrew {selav,} Chaldee {selaiv,} Syriac and Arabic {selwa,} is without doubt the quail: so the LXX. render it [ortygométre,] a large kind of quail. Josephus, [ortyx,] Ethopic, {ferferat,} and Vulgate, {coturnices,} quails, with which agree Philo and the Rabbins. The quail is a bird of the gallinaceous kind, somewhat less than a pigeon, but larger than a sparrow. Hasselquist describes the quail of the larger kind as very much resembling the red partridge, but not larger than the turtle dove; found in Judea as well as in the deserts of Arabia Petraæ and Egypt; and affording a most agreeable and delicate dish. the dew.

Exodus 16:13-14

the quails.The Hebrew {selav,} Chaldee {selaiv,} Syriac and Arabic {selwa,} is without doubt the quail: so the LXX. render it [ortygométre,] a large kind of quail. Josephus, [ortyx,] Ethopic, {ferferat,} and Vulgate, {coturnices,} quails, with which agree Philo and the Rabbins. The quail is a bird of the gallinaceous kind, somewhat less than a pigeon, but larger than a sparrow. Hasselquist describes the quail of the larger kind as very much resembling the red partridge, but not larger than the turtle dove; found in Judea as well as in the deserts of Arabia Petraæ and Egypt; and affording a most agreeable and delicate dish.

Nu 11:31-33; Ps 78:27,28; 105:40

the dew.

Nu 11:9

the dew.

Nu 11:7-9; De 8:3; Ne 9:15; Ps 78:24; 105:40

the hoar frost.

Ps 147:16

Deuteronomy 32:2

drop.

2Sa 23:4; Job 29:22,23; Ps 72:6; Isa 55:10,11; Ho 6:4; 14:5

1Co 3:6-8; Heb 6:7

as the showers.

Mic 5:7; Zec 10:1

Psalms 78:23-25

Though.

33:9; Isa 5:6

opened.

Ge 7:11; 2Ki 7:2,19; Mal 3:10

had rained.

68:9; 105:40; Ex 16:4,14; De 8:3; Ne 9:15,20; Joh 6:31-71; 1Co 10:3

the corn of heaven.The manna fell about their camp in the form of seeds; and as it appeared to come down from the clouds, it was not improperly termed {degan shamayim,} the corn of heaven or heavenly grain. See notes on Ex 16:22, 31.

Man, etc.Or, Every one did eat the bread of the mighty. {Lechem abbeerim,} "bread of the mighty:"--they ate such food as could only be expected at the tables of the rich and great;--the best, the most delicate food. Or, it might be so called because it rendered the people healthy and vigorous, and fit for their marches.

103:20

he sent.

Ex 16:8; Mt 14:20; 15:37

Psalms 105:40

asked.

78:18,26-28; Ex 16:12,13; Nu 11:4-6,31-33

satisfied.

Ex 16:14-35; Nu 11:7-9; De 8:3; Jos 5:12; Ne 9:20

bread.

78:23-25; Joh 6:31-33,48-58