Psalms 78:27 - Exposition

He rained flesh also upon them . With the expression, "rained flesh," comp. Exodus 16:4 , "Behold, I will rain bread from heaven;" and see also Genesis 19:24 and Exodus 9:23 . As dust; i.e. "as thick as dust" (Prayer book Version). The quails lay "as it were two cubits high" for the distance of a day's journey round about each encampment (see Numbers 11:31 ). And feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea. The commonest image of multiplicity ( Genesis 22:17 ; Deuteronomy 33:19 ; Joshua 11:4 ; 7:12 , etc.).