King James Version
Exodus 16:13 in the King James Version says “And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about t...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And 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 · KJV
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
I 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.
And 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.
And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.
And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat. It is: or, What is this? or, It is a portion
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to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“came up”
H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
“and covered”
H3680properly, to plump, i.e., fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the camp”
H4264an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or e
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“round about”
H5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
“the camp”
H4264an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or e
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