Num 11:31-33 | TSK | e4.org | a wind , , ; and brought ; , quails That the word selav means the quail, we have already had occasion to observe; to which we subjoin the authority of Mr. Maundrell, who visited Naplosa (the ancient Sichem), where the Samaritans live. Mr. Maundrell asked their chief priest what sort of animal he took the selav to be. He answered, they were a sort of fowls; and, by the description Mr. Maundrell perceived he meant the same kind with our quails. a day's journey Heb. the way of a day and as it were two cubits That is, as the Vulgate renders, Volabantque in aere duobus cubitis altitudine super terram , "and they flew in the air, at the height of two cubits above the ground."

‏ Numbers 11:31-33

a wind Exod 10:13, Exod 10:19, Exod 15:10; Ps 135:7

and brought Exod 16:13; Ps 78:26-29, Ps 105:40

quails That the word selav means the quail, we have already had occasion to observe; to which we subjoin the authority of Mr. Maundrell, who visited Naplosa (the ancient Sichem), where the Samaritans live. Mr. Maundrell asked their chief priest what sort of animal he took the selav to be. He answered, they were a sort of fowls; and, by the description Mr. Maundrell perceived he meant the same kind with our quails.

a day's journey Heb. the way of a day

and as it were two cubits That is, as the Vulgate renders, Volabantque in aere duobus cubitis altitudine super terram, "and they flew in the air, at the height of two cubits above the ground."

homers Exod 16:36; Ezek 45:11

And while Ps 78:30-31, Ps 106:14-15

smote Num 16:49, Num 25:9; Deut 28:27