Numbers 31:10

They burned all their cities where they lived and all their camps.

Unlocked Literal Bible

In The King James Version

And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.

In Context

9The army of Israel took captive the women of Midian, their children, all their cattle, all their flocks, and all their goods. They took these as plunder.

11They took all the plunder and prisoners, both people and animals.

Read all of Numbers 31

Cross References

Genesis 25:16These were Ishmael's sons, and these were their names, by their villages, and by their encampments; twelve princes according to their tribes.

1 Samuel 30:1It came about, when David and his men had come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid upon the Negev and on Ziklag. They attacked Ziklag, burned it,

Isaiah 1:7Your country is ruined; your cities are burned; 1 your fields—in your presence, strangers are destroying them— 1 abandoned devastation, overthrown by strangers. 1

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Numbers 31:10