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The Miracle in the Timing
Commentators explain that while quail migrations were a natural event in that region, the miracle was in the timing. God commanded a massive flock to arrive at the precise place and time He had promised, demonstrating His sovereign control over the natural world to provide for His people.
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Exodus
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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 16:13
18th Century
Theologian
Quails - This bird migrates in immense numbers in spring from the south: it is nowhere more common than in the neighborhood of the Red Sea. …
Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 16:13
19th Century
Bishop
At even the quails came up. —The common quail (Tetrao coturnix) is very abundant in the East, and regularly migrates from…
Charles Spurgeon
On Exodus 16:13–16
19th Century
Preacher
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 d…
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John Calvin
On Exodus 16:13
16th Century
Theologian
And it came to pass. We shall afterwards see that when, from weariness of the manna, they began to desire meat, quails were again given th…
John Gill
On Exodus 16:13
17th Century
Pastor
And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up From the coasts of Egypt, from the Red sea, over which they flew; an…
Matthew Henry
On Exodus 16:13–21
17th Century
Minister
At evening the quails came up, and the people caught with ease as many as they needed. The manna came down in dew. They called it ���Manna, Manhu,�…