Charles Ellicott Commentary Numbers 11:32

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Numbers 11:32

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Numbers 11:32

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"And the people rose up all that day, and all the night, and all the next day, and gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp." — Numbers 11:32 (ASV)

Ten homers. —The homer, which was equal to ten ephahs, or a hundred omers, appears to have contained between five and six bushels, according to the Rabbinists, but according to Josephus about double that quantity.