Numbers 31:10

וְאֵת כָּל ־ עָרֵיהֶם בְּמוֹשְׁבֹתָם וְאֵת כָּל ־ טִֽירֹתָם שָׂרְפוּ בָּאֵֽשׁ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

9וַיִּשְׁבּוּ בְנֵי ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת ־ נְשֵׁי מִדְיָן וְאֶת ־ טַפָּם וְאֵת כָּל ־ בְּהֶמְתָּם וְאֶת ־ כָּל ־ מִקְנֵהֶם וְאֶת ־ כָּל ־ חֵילָם בָּזָֽזוּ ׃

11וַיִּקְחוּ אֶת ־ כָּל ־ הַשָּׁלָל וְאֵת כָּל ־ הַמַּלְקוֹחַ בָּאָדָם וּבַבְּהֵמָֽה ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 25:16אֵלֶּה הֵם בְּנֵי יִשְׁמָעֵאל וְאֵלֶּה שְׁמֹתָם בְּחַצְרֵיהֶם וּבְטִֽירֹתָם שְׁנֵים ־ עָשָׂר נְשִׂיאִם לְאֻמֹּתָֽם ׃

1 Samuel 30:1וַיְהִי בְּבֹא דָוִד וַאֲנָשָׁיו צִֽקְלַג בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי וַעֲמָלֵקִי פָֽשְׁטוּ אֶל ־ נֶגֶב וְאֶל ־ צִקְלַג וַיַּכּוּ אֶת ־ צִקְלַג וַיִּשְׂרְפוּ אֹתָהּ בָּאֵֽשׁ ׃

Isaiah 1:7אַרְצְכֶם שְׁמָמָה עָרֵיכֶם שְׂרֻפוֹת אֵשׁ אַדְמַתְכֶם לְנֶגְדְּכֶם זָרִים אֹכְלִים אֹתָהּ וּשְׁמָמָה כְּמַהְפֵּכַת זָרִֽים ׃

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 →

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