Psalms 78:27

And he rained flesh upon them as the dust,

And winged fowl as the sand of the seas.

The sending of quails is connected, as in Exodus 16, with the sending of the manna; but the language of the Psalm follows the description of the second sending of quails in Numbers 11.

The verbs in Psalms 78:26 are the same as those in Psalms 78:52. Cp. Exodus 10:13; Numbers 11:31. Eastand Southare separated for the sake of rhythm. A S.E. wind brought up the quails from -the sea," i.e. the Red Sea. "The period when they were brought to the camp of Israel was in spring, when on their northward migration from Africa. According to their well-known instinct, they would follow up the coast of the Red Sea until they came to its bifurcation by the Sinaitic Peninsula, and then would cross at the narrow part." Tristram, Nat. Hist. of Bible, p. 231.