Discovery BoxNumbers 11:32 
Context11:32 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 17:8
Context17:8 On the next day Moses went into the tent of the testimony – and 4 the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted, and brought forth buds, and produced blossoms, and yielded almonds! 5
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 Here too the deictic particle (“and behold”) is added to draw attention to the sight in a vivid way.
5 sn There is no clear answer why the tribe of Levi had used an almond staff. The almond tree is one of the first to bud in the spring, and its white blossoms are a beautiful sign that winter is over. Its name became a name for “watcher”; Jeremiah plays on this name for God’s watching over his people (1:11-12).
