Numbers 31:10
And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.
Numbers 31:10 in other translations
| BSB | Then they burned all the cities where the Midianites had lived, as well as all their encampments, |
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| WEB | All their cities in the places in which they lived, and all their encampments, they burned with fire. |
| ASV | And all their cities in the places wherein they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire. |
| YLT | and all their cities, with their habitations, and all their towers, they have burnt with fire. |
| DARBY | and all their cities in their settlements and all their encampments they burned with fire. |
| BBE | And after burning all their towns and all their tent-circles, |
| Webster | And they burnt all their cities in which they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire. |
What does Numbers 31:10 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 31:7-12
The Israelites slew the Kings of Midian. They slew Balaam. God's overruling providence brought him thither, and their just vengeance found him. Had he himself rightly believed what he had said of the happy state of Israel, he would not have thus herded with the enemies of Israel. The Midianites' wicked wiles were Balaam's projects: it was just that he should perish with them, Ho 4:5. They took the women and children…
Numbers 31:10 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 31:10
- Isaiah 1:7
Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
- 1 Samuel 30:1
And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;
- Revelation 18:8
Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
- 1 Kings 9:16
For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon’s wife.
- Joshua 6:24
And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the Lord.
- Genesis 25:16
These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.
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Context
- Numbers 31:9
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.
- Numbers 31:10
And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.
- Numbers 31:11
And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.
Numbers 31:10 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y abrasaron con fuego todas sus ciudades, aldeas y castillos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et ils brûlèrent par le feu toutes les villes de leurs habitations, et tous leurs campements; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und alle ihre Städte in ihren Wohnsitzen und alle ihre Gehöfte verbrannten sie mit Feuer. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | tam urbes quam viculos et castella flamma consumpsit. |