Numbers 31:10
And they burnt with fire all their cities in the places of their habitation, and they burnt their villages with fire.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.
In Context
11And they took all their plunder, and all their spoils, both man and beast.
Cross References
Genesis 25:16These are the sons of Ismael, and these are their names in their tents and in their dwellings, twelve princes according to their nations.
1 Samuel 30:1And it came to pass when David and his men had entered Sekelac on the third day, that Amalec had made an incursion upon the south, and upon Sekelac, and smitten Sekelac, and burnt it with fire.
Isaiah 1:7Your land is desolate, your cities burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is made desolate, overthrown by strange nations.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 31:8-13
7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the Lord commanded Moses; and they slew all the males. 8 And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword. 9 And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods. 10 And they burnt all their cities… Read the whole commentary →