Why the Quail Flew Only Two Cubits Above the Ground

Midrash Aggadah, Numbers 11:31

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"And it drove forth (va-yagoz) quail from the sea" (Numbers 11:31) — meaning, it made them fly, as it says, "for it is swiftly cut off and we fly away" (Psalms 90:10). "And about two cubits above the face of the earth" — for they would fly no more than two cubits high, so that the people would not be troubled to take them.

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