Quail are known to migrate at night, which is the time God specified that they would arrive (Numbers 11:32). It may well have been that they were on their spring migration northward and were exhausted from their flight, making it easy for the Israelites to capture them. We have no reason to believe that these quail were any different from the quail ( Coturnix dactylisonans) that are still common in the Mediterranean region. The quail came in such great numbers that each person was able to capture about ten homers, or eight bushels (Numbers 11:32). Scholars interpret this to mean that the quail flew about three feet off the ground, which made them easy to catch and kill. The Bible says that “a wind went out from the Lord and drove quail in from the sea” (Numbers 11:31) and that the birds were plentiful: two cubits (approximately 3 feet) deep all around the camp. So God sent quail in the evenings for the people to gather in the wilderness. You will not eat it for just one day, or two days, or five, ten or twenty days, but for a whole month-until it comes out of your nostrils and you loathe it-because you have rejected the Lord, who is among you, and have wailed before him, saying, ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?’” (Numbers 11:18–20). He told Moses to tell them, “The Lord heard you when you wailed, ‘If only we had meat to eat! We were better off in Egypt!’ Now the Lord will give you meat, and you will eat it. God heard their grumbling and gave them quail to eat (Exodus 16:11).Īlthough the Lord gave the Israelites quail, He was displeased with their grumbling and their ungrateful words against Him. The people following Moses had complained that they were sick of eating manna every day and longed for meat, such as they had back in Egypt (Numbers 11:4–6 21:5).
Quail are mentioned in Exodus 16:13, Numbers 11:3 and 32, and again in Psalm 105:40 in reference to God’s provision for the children of Israel when God brought them out of Egyptian slavery (Leviticus 25:38 Deuteronomy 6:12). Quail are known for their delicious meat and are often hunted as game birds for that reason. It is also called a bobwhite for its distinctive call. A quail is a small, brown-feathered bird that resembles a partridge.
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