Morning dew in the Bible

• Dew fell on the camp at night, and the manna with itNum 11:9
  The verses

  Num 11:9When the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it.
• When the morning dew lifted, thin flakes lay on the groundExod 16:13–14
  The verses

  Exod 16:13–14That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp. When the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor, as fine as frost on the ground.
• Dew rests nightly on the branchesJob 29:19
  The verses

  Job 29:19My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.
• The clouds dripped with dewProv 3:20
  The verses

  Prov 3:20By His knowledge the watery depths were broken open, and the clouds dripped with dew.
• “Who has begotten the drops of dew?”Job 38:28
  The verses

  Job 38:28Does the rain have a father? Who has begotten the drops of dew?
• The beloved at night: “My head is drenched with dew”Song 5:2
  The verses

  Song 5:2I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”
• Nebuchadnezzar was drenched with the dew of heavenDan 4:33
  The verses

  Dan 4:33At that moment the sentence against Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from mankind. He ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.
• The dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of ZionPs 133:3
  The verses

  Ps 133:3It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore.

In the stories

• Gideon wrung a bowlful of water from the fleeceJudg 6:37–38
  The verses

  Judg 6:37–38then behold, I will place a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know that You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said.” And that is what happened. When Gideon arose the next morning, he squeezed the fleece and wrung out the dew—a bowlful of water.
• The next night the fleece was dry and dew covered the groundJudg 6:39–40
  The verses

  Judg 6:39–40Then Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry with me; let me speak one more time. Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time let it be dry, and the ground covered with dew.” And that night God did so. Only the fleece was dry, and dew covered the ground.
• Elijah to Ahab: neither dew nor rain in these years1 Kgs 17:1
  The verses

  1 Kgs 17:1Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”
• David’s lament: “O mountains of Gilboa, may you have no dew or rain”2 Sam 1:21
  The verses

  2 Sam 1:21O mountains of Gilboa, may you have no dew or rain, no fields yielding offerings of grain. For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.
• Haggai: the heavens withheld their dew and the earth its cropsHag 1:10
  The verses

  Hag 1:10Therefore, on account of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth has withheld its crops.

Blessings

• Isaac’s blessing: the dew of heaven and the richness of the earthGen 27:28
  The verses

  Gen 27:28May God give to you the dew of heaven and the richness of the earth— an abundance of grain and new wine.
• Esau would live away from the dew of heavenGen 27:39
  The verses

  Gen 27:39His father Isaac answered him: “Behold, your dwelling place shall be away from the richness of the land, away from the dew of heaven above.
• Moses: Joseph’s land blessed with precious dew from heavenDeut 33:13
  The verses

  Deut 33:13Concerning Joseph he said: “May his land be blessed by the LORD with the precious dew from heaven above and the deep waters that lie beneath,
• A land of grain and new wine, where the heavens drip with dewDeut 33:28
  The verses

  Deut 33:28So Israel dwells securely; the fountain of Jacob lives untroubled in a land of grain and new wine, where even the heavens drip with dew.

Sayings

• “Like the early dew that vanishes”Hos 6:4, Hos 13:3
  The verses

  Hos 6:4What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.

  Hos 13:3Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window.
• A king’s favor “is like dew on the grass”Prov 19:12
  The verses

  Prov 19:12A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
• “We will descend on him like dew on the ground”2 Sam 17:12
  The verses

  2 Sam 17:12Then we will attack David wherever we find him, and we will descend on him like dew on the ground. And of all the men with him, not even one will remain.
• “Like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest”Isa 18:4
  The verses

  Isa 18:4For this is what the LORD has told me: “I will quietly look on from My dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”