Numbers 31:9
And the sons of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones,—all their cattle also and all their flocks and all their substance, carried they off as a prey;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
10all their cities also in their sites, and all their encampments, burned they up with fire.
Cross References
Numbers 31:15And Moses said unto them,—Have ye saved alive every female?
Deuteronomy 20:14but the women and the little ones and the cattle and all that shall be in the city—all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take as thy prey,—so shalt thou eat the spoil of thine enemies, whom Yahweh thy God hath delivered unto thee.
2 Chronicles 28:5Wherefore Yahweh his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria, who smote him, and carried away captive from him a large body of captives, and brought them into Damascus,—yea, even into the hand of the king of Israel, was he delivered, who smote him with a great smiting.
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 →