but tell them this: You have demanded two things; you have
desired bread, and I gave it to you, because man cannot exist
without it; but now, filled to satiety, you demand flesh; this also
will I give you, so that you might not say if your wish were denied.
'God cannot grant it,' but at some future time you shall make
atonement for it; I am a judge and shall assign punishment for
this."

In the meantime, however, God granted their wish, and toward
evening thick swarms of quails came up from the sea, and covered
the whole camp, taking their flight quite low, not two ells above
the ground, so that they might be easily caught. Contrary to the
manna, which fell in the morning, the quails did not come before
evenfall; with a radiant countenance God gave them the former, as
their desire for bread was justified, but with a darkened mien,
under cover of night, He sent quails. [116] Now, because the one
food came in the morning and the second in the evening, Moses
instituted the custom among his people of taking two meals a day,
one in the morning and one in the evening; and he set the meal
with the use of meat for the evening. [117] At the same time he
taught them the prayer in which they were to offer thanks after
eating manna, which read: "Blessed be Thou, O God our Lord,
King of the world, who in Thy bounty, dost provide for all the
world; who, in Thy grace, goodwill, and mercy, dost grant food to
every creature, for Thy grace is everlasting. Thanks to Thy bounty
we have never lacked food, nor ever shall lack it, for Thy great
name's sake. For Thou suppliest and providest for all; Thou are
bountiful, and nourishest all Thy creatures which Thou has made.
Blessed be Thou, O God, that dost provide for all." [118]