“It is read in the Book of Numbers that when the Israelite people desired to eat meat in the desert, the Lord provided them with a multitude of quails, which they ate until they were satisfied to the point of nausea; nevertheless, the punishment for their desire was not far from them, for the wrath of the Lord, stirred…”
Rabanus Maurus, 9th c. — Commentary on Wisdom, PL 109
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2Instead of which punishment, dealing graciously with thine own people, thou preparedst for them meat of a strange taste, even quails to stir up their appetite:
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1Therefore by the like were they punished worthily, and by the multitude of beasts tormented.
— Wisdom of Solomon 16:2 —
3To the end that they, desiring food, might for the ugly sight of the beasts sent among them lothe even that, which they must needs desire; but these, suffering penury for a short space, might be made partakers of a strange taste.
4For it was requisite, that upon them exercising tyranny should come penury, which they could not avoid: but to these it should only be shewed how their enemies were tormented.