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Exodus 16
In the wilderness of Sin the people grumble for food. God sends quail in the evening and manna in the morning, bread from heaven gathered day by day, with a double portion on the sixth day so that the seventh can be a Sabbath rest.
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- The Exodus: through the Sea to SinaiManna and quail · The Exodus: through the Sea to SinaiOpen
- The Exodus: through the Sea to SinaiManna and quail: Manna · The Exodus: through the Sea to SinaiOpen
- The Exodus: through the Sea to SinaiManna and quail: Quail at evening · The Exodus: through the Sea to SinaiOpen
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How sure can we be?
- Textually stated
When the layer of dew went up, a small round thing, fine as frost, lay on the ground; it melted when the sun grew hot.
Exodus 16:13–14 and 16:21.
- Textually stated
Quail came up at evening and covered the camp.
Exodus 16:13.
- Plausible
Read as ordinary numbers, the total with women and children would be two million or more.
This is the traditional reading. It raises questions of food, water and space that the text answers with God's provision.