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Quails

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: Q By: James P. Boyd

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(quackers). Quails of the Old World species, Coturnix coturnix, abound in the Arabian desert, and migrate northward, in spring, in enormous flocks (Ex. 16:13¹³And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host. (Exodus 16:13); Num. 11:31-32³¹And 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. ³²And 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. (Numbers 11:31‑32); Psa. 105:40⁴⁰The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. (Psalm 105:40)).

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