The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
Parallel translations
- WEB They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of the sky.
- BSB They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
- NKJV The people asked, and He brought quail, And satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
- NASB They asked, and He brought quail, And satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
- NLT They asked for meat, and he sent them quail; he satisfied their hunger with manna—bread from heaven.
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Quick answer
When they asked, God gave them quail and satisfied them with manna. It matters because He provided food from heaven for His people in the desert.
Overview
In the wilderness God sent quail and the daily manna, the 'bread of the sky' (Exodus 16). He met their physical hunger with miraculous provision. Jesus later identified Himself as the true bread from heaven (John 6:32-35), the lasting nourishment the manna only foreshadowed.
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- Ps 78:18And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
- Neh 9:20Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.
- Josh 5:12And 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 they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
- John 6:31–33Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
- Num 11:31–33And 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.
- Deut 8:3And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
- John 6:48–58I am that bread of life.
- Ps 78:23–28Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
- Exod 16:12–35I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.
- Num 11:4–9And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
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