A small brown and white bird, similar to a tiny partridge, mentioned in the Bible as ceremonially clean to eat.
About Quail
A quail is a short, stocky bird with a bill and feet like a chicken. These features help it eat seeds and insects. The common quail (Coturnix coturnix) is the smallest member of the poultry family that also includes pheasants and partridges.
Quail are about 25.4 centimeters (10 inches) long. They have small, rounded wings and a white belly. When startled, they burst from grass or bushes with a whirring sound. A female may lay up to 18 eggs. If the female dies, the male may care for the young.
Key References
That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.
Now a wind sent by the LORD came up, drove in quail from the sea, and brought them near the camp, about two cubits above the surface of the ground, for a day’s journey in every direction around the camp.
They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
All Scripture References (5)
Exodus (1)
That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.
Numbers (2)
Now a wind sent by the LORD came up, drove in quail from the sea, and brought them near the camp, about two cubits above the surface of the ground, for a day’s journey in every direction around the camp.
All that day and night, and all the next day, the people stayed up gathering the quail. No one gathered less than ten homers, and they spread them out all around the camp.
Psalms (1)
They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
Mark (1)
they will pick up snakes with their hands, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not harm them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will be made well.”