About a year before this, the people had been thus feasted for one day ("And it came to pass,¹ that at evenª the quailsª came up,ª° and coveredª°¹ the camp:ª and in the morningª the dewª layª¹ round aboutª the host.ª" {Exd 16:13}); but now such plenty was to be afforded them for a whole month, and they should use it so greedily, that at last they should entirely loathe the food for which they had so inordinately craved.