Numbers 31:10
and all their cities, with their habitations, and all their towers, they have burnt with fire.
Young's Literal Translation
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 take all the spoil, and all the prey, among man and among beast;
Cross References
Genesis 25:16these are sons of Ishmael, and these their names, by their villages, and by their towers; twelve princes according to their peoples.
1 Samuel 30:1And it cometh to pass, in the coming in of David and his men to Ziklag, on the third day, that the Amalekites have pushed unto the south, and unto Ziklag, and smite Ziklag, and burn it with fire,
Isaiah 1:7Your land [is] a desolation, your cities burnt with fire, Your ground, before you strangers are consuming it, And a desolation as overthrown by strangers!
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 →