And there went forth a wind from the Lord, a miraculous wind from the southeast, Psalms 78:26, and brought quails from the sea, from the Elanitic Gulf, the eastern branch of the Red Sea, and let them fall by the camp, caused them to alight in helpless confusion, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, in an area which was about a day's journey square, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high (about 42 inches) upon the face of the earth. This, of course, exceeded any amount which an ordinary spring migration might have brought up from the south; it was a miracle of the Lord.

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