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Exodus 16:12

Exodus 16:12

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

At even. Literally, "between the two evenings." For the meaning of the phrase, see the comment on . Ye shall eat flesh. The quails, as appears by the subsequent narrative, were supplied, not regularly, but only on rare occasions; in fact (so far as appears), only here in the wilderness of Sin, and at Kibroth-hattaavah in the wilderness of Paran ().

They were not a necessary, but an indulgence. Ye shall know that I am the Lord. The miracle of the manna, and the timely appearance of the quails at the hour announced, will sufficiently show that it is God himself who has you under his charge and watches over you.

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