All their cities in the places in which they lived, and all their encampments, they burned with fire.
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All their cities in the places in which they lived, and all their encampments, they burned with fire.
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And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.
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And all their cities in the places wherein they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire.
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Passages linked to Numbers 31:10 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 25:16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments: twelve princes, according to their nations.
- Joshua 6:24 They burned the city with fire, and all that was in it. Only they put the silver, the gold, and the vessels of bronze and of iron into the treasury of Yahweh’s house.
- 1 Samuel 30:1 When David and his men had come to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made a raid on the South, and on Ziklag, and had struck Ziklag, and burned it with fire,
- 1 Kings 9:16 Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, taken Gezer, burned it with fire, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it for a wedding gift to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.
- Isaiah 1:7 Your country is desolate. Your cities are burned with fire. Strangers devour your land in your presence and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
- Revelation 18:8 Therefore in one day her plagues will come: death, mourning, and famine; and she will be utterly burned with fire; for the Lord God who has judged her is strong.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, palaces and gorgeous buildings.
Or, palaces and gorgeous buildings.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Num 31:10 And they burnt all their cities wherein…
Num 31:10 And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.
Ver. 10. And they burnt all their cities.] For the same reason, perhaps, that our Henry VIII demolished so many monasteries, saying, Corvorum nidos esse penitus disturbandos, ne iterunt ad cohibitandum convolent, That the crows’ nests were to be utterly, destroyed, lest they should make further use of them again another time. {a} Or rather, lest sloth or covetousness should draw any of the Israelites to hide themselves in these nests, and neglect the Promised Land. See Jdg 6:1.
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{a} Diruendi sunt etiam ipsi ciconiarum nidi ne redeant, - said Zisca Lavat. in Deuter. Sander. Schism. Anglic., lib. i.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Partly, to blot out the name and memory of…
Partly, to blot out the name and memory of so lewd and vile a people; partly, lest any of the Israelites should be tempted to settle there, and so be discouraged in their progress to Canaan; and partly, lest they should be possessed by other people who might prove as bad neighbours to them as these would have been.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt,…
And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, &c. ) So far as they went into the country, which, perhaps, might not be the whole land of Midian:
and all their goodly castles with fire; which were either the palaces of their princes and nobles, or such like great personages; or they were fortified places, for the security of their cities and country: the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan interpret them of their houses of worship, their temples, and their altars.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Goodly castles - Rather, both here and in Gen…
Goodly castles - Rather, both here and in Gen 25:16, hamlets. The word is derived from a word טוּר ṭûr,) signifying “a row” or “range” (compare Eze 46:23); and probably indicates those collections of rude dwellings, made of stones piled one on another and covered with tent-cloths, which are used by the Arabs to this day; and which are frequently mentioned as douars in narratives of the French campaigns in Algeria. These dwellings would be formed usually in a circle. See the word “Hazeroth,” in Num 11:35.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Castles. Hebrew tiroth, means also, "palaces, or shepherds’ huts."…
Castles. Hebrew tiroth, means also, "palaces, or shepherds’ huts." (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 10. Cities wherein they dwelt — Literally, towns in…
10. Cities wherein they dwelt — Literally, towns in their dwellings. These were not built by the Midianites a nomad race, but probably by the Moabites who had been dispossessed by the Amorites under Sihon. This country was allotted to Reuben. Jos_13:15-23.
Goodly castles — Not modern castles, but “encampments,” (R.V.,) rude dwellings made of stone walls surmounted by a canvass or skin covering. These, arranged in a circle, constituted a pastoral hamlet such as are found today among the Arabs and in Algeria.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 10. their encampments] A word specially used to denote…
10. their encampments] A word specially used to denote the circular encampment of a nomad tribe: cf. Gen_25:16.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (10) All their cities wherein they dwelt.—Better, all their…
(10) All their cities wherein they dwelt.—Better, all their cities in their dwelling-places. This expression is explained by a reference to Jos_13:21, from which it appears that the five kings or chiefs of the Midianites who are mentioned in Num_5:8 dwelt in the territory which Sihon, king of the Amorites, had wrested from the Moabites. The Midianites were a nomad people, and were not likely to have built cities for themselves.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Their goodly castles. Septuagint, epauleiv . This word, which…
Their goodly castles. Septuagint, epauleiv . This word, which occurs only here and in Gen_25:16, no doubt signifies the pastoral villages, constructed partly of rude stone walls, partly of goats-hair cloth, which the nomadic tribes of that country have used from time immemorial. Probably these were the proper habitations of the Midianites; the "cities" would have belonged to the previous inhabitants of the land.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 31:10 towns and villages: These were larger settlements and…
31:10 towns and villages: These were larger settlements and smaller unfortified encampments.
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