Numbers 11:32

11:32 And the people stayed up 1  all that day, all that night, and all the next day, and gathered the quail. The one who gathered the least gathered ten homers, 2  and they spread them out 3  for themselves all around the camp.

Numbers 27:13

27:13 When you have seen it, you will be gathered 4  to your ancestors, 5  as Aaron your brother was gathered to his ancestors. 6 

1 tn Heb “rose up, stood up.”

2 sn This is about two thousand liters.

3 tn The verb (a preterite) is followed by the infinitive absolute of the same root, to emphasize the action of spreading out the quail. Although it is hard to translate the expression, it indicates that they spread these quail out all over the area. The vision of them spread all over was evidence of God’s abundant provision for their needs.

4 tn The first verb is a perfect tense with a vav (ו) consecutive, and the second verb is also. In such parallel clauses, the first may be subordinated, here as a temporal clause.

5 tn Heb “people.”

6 tn Heb “was gathered.” The phrase “to his ancestors” is elided in the Hebrew text, but is an implied repetition from the beginning of the verse, and has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.