Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version They burned all the towns where the Midianites had settled, as well as all their camps. New Living Translation They burned all the towns and villages where the Midianites had lived. English Standard Version All their cities in the places where they lived, and all their encampments, they burned with fire, Berean Standard Bible Then they burned all the cities where the Midianites had lived, as well as all their encampments, King James Bible And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire. New King James Version They also burned with fire all the cities where they dwelt, and all their forts. New American Standard Bible Then they burned all their cities where they lived and all their encampments. NASB 1995 Then they burned all their cities where they lived and all their camps with fire. NASB 1977 Then they burned all their cities where they lived and all their camps with fire. Legacy Standard Bible Then they burned all their cities where they lived and all their camps with fire. Amplified Bible They burned all the cities where they lived, and all their encampments with fire. Christian Standard Bible Then they burned all the cities where the Midianites lived, as well as all their encampments, Holman Christian Standard Bible Then they burned all the cities where the Midianites lived, as well as all their encampments, American Standard Version And all their cities in the places wherein they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire. Contemporary English Version They also burned down the Midianite towns and villages. English Revised Version And all their cities in the places wherein they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire. GOD'S WORD® Translation They burned all the cities where the Midianites lived and all their settlements. Good News Translation and burned all their cities and camps. International Standard Version They burned every town where they had lived and incinerated all of their encampments. Majority Standard Bible Then they burned all the cities where the Midianites had lived, as well as all their encampments, NET Bible They burned all their towns where they lived and all their encampments. New Heart English Bible All their cities in the places in which they lived, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire. Webster's Bible Translation And they burnt all their cities in which they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire. World English Bible All their cities in the places in which they lived, and all their encampments, they burned with fire. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand they have burned all their cities, with their habitations, and all their towers, with fire. Young's Literal Translation and all their cities, with their habitations, and all their towers, they have burnt with fire. Smith's Literal Translation And their cities with their dwellings, and all their walls they burnt in fire. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd all their cities, and their villages, and castles, they burned. Catholic Public Domain Version Both their cities and their villages, as well as their fortresses, they burned. New American Bible while they set on fire all the towns where they had settled and all their encampments. New Revised Standard Version All their towns where they had settled, and all their encampments, they burned, Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd they burned all the cities wherein they dwelt and all their unwalled villages with fire. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And all the towns of the place of their dwelling and all their fields they burned in fire. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And all their cities in the places wherein they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire. Brenton Septuagint Translation And they burnt with fire all their cities in the places of their habitation and they burnt their villages with fire. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Vengeance on Midian…9The Israelites captured the Midianite women and their children, and they plundered all their herds, flocks, and goods. 10Then they burned all the cities where the Midianites had lived, as well as all their encampments, 11and carried away all the plunder and spoils, both people and animals.… Cross References Deuteronomy 20:16-18 However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes. / For you must devote them to complete destruction—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you, / so that they cannot teach you to do all the detestable things they do for their gods, and so cause you to sin against the LORD your God. Joshua 6:24 Then the Israelites burned up the city and everything in it. However, they put the silver and gold and articles of bronze and iron into the treasury of the LORD’s house. 1 Samuel 15:3 Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’” Judges 1:8 Then the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire. 2 Kings 3:19 And you shall attack every fortified city and every city of importance. You shall cut down every good tree, stop up every spring, and ruin every good field with stones.” 2 Kings 3:25 They destroyed the cities, and each man threw stones on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up every spring and cut down every good tree. Only Kir-haraseth was left with stones in place, but men with slings surrounded it and attacked it as well. Isaiah 13:16 Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished. Jeremiah 50:15 Raise a war cry against her on every side! She has thrown up her hands in surrender; her towers have fallen; her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the LORD, take out your vengeance upon her; as she has done, do the same to her. Ezekiel 9:5-6 And as I listened, He said to the others, “Follow him through the city and start killing; do not show pity or spare anyone! / Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple. Ezekiel 30:16 I will set fire to Egypt, Pelusium will writhe in anguish, Thebes will be split open, and Memphis will face daily distress. Revelation 18:8 Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.” Revelation 18:21 Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again. Revelation 19:2-3 For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.” / And a second time they called out: “Hallelujah! Her smoke rises forever and ever.” Matthew 11:20-24 Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed, because they did not repent. / “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. / But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. ... Luke 17:28-30 It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. / But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. / It will be just like that on the day the Son of Man is revealed. Treasury of Scripture And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelled, and all their goodly castles, with fire. 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. 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; 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. Jump to Previous Burned Burning Burnt Camps Castles Cities Dwelt Encampments Habitations Midianites Places Settled Settlements Tent-Circles Towers Towns WhereinJump to Next Burned Burning Burnt Camps Castles Cities Dwelt Encampments Habitations Midianites Places Settled Settlements Tent-Circles Towers Towns WhereinNumbers 31 1. The Midianites are spoiled, and Balaam slain13. Moses is angry with the officers, for saving the women alive 19. How the soldiers, with their captives and spoil, are to be purified 25. The proportion in which the prey is to be divided 48. The voluntary offering unto the treasure of the Lord Then they burned The act of burning in ancient times was often a symbol of complete destruction and purification. The Hebrew root for "burned" is "שָׂרַף" (saraph), which conveys the idea of consuming by fire. In the context of the Israelites, burning was a method of eradicating idolatry and sin from the land. This act signifies a divine judgment and a cleansing process, ensuring that the influence of the Midianites' idolatrous practices would not corrupt the Israelites. all the cities where the Midianites had lived as well as all their encampments Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Then they burnedשָׂרְפ֖וּ (śā·rə·p̄ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 8313: To be, on fire all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the cities עָרֵיהֶם֙ (‘ā·rê·hem) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 5892: Excitement where [the Midianites] had lived, בְּמ֣וֹשְׁבֹתָ֔ם (bə·mō·wō·šə·ḇō·ṯām) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 4186: A seat, assembly, dwelling place, dwelling, dwellers as well as all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every their encampments, טִֽירֹתָ֑ם (ṭî·rō·ṯām) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 2918: A wall, a fortress, a hamlet Links Numbers 31:10 NIVNumbers 31:10 NLT Numbers 31:10 ESV Numbers 31:10 NASB Numbers 31:10 KJV Numbers 31:10 BibleApps.com Numbers 31:10 Biblia Paralela Numbers 31:10 Chinese Bible Numbers 31:10 French Bible Numbers 31:10 Catholic Bible OT Law: Numbers 31:10 All their cities in the places (Nu Num.) |