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Numbers 31:10

8 Among the slain were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.

9 The Israelites captured the Midianite women and their children, and they plundered all their herds, flocks, and goods.

Then they burned all the cities where the Midianites had lived, as well as all their encampments,

11 and carried away all the plunder and spoils, both people and animals.

12 They brought the captives, spoils, and plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of Israel at the camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho.

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BSB
Then they burned all the cities where the Midianites had lived, as well as all their encampments,
KJV
And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.
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.
DARBY
and all their cities in their settlements and all their encampments they burned with fire.
BLB
And also all the cities where they dwelt, and all their forts, they burned with the fire.
ÅB
Og alle deres byer overalt hvor de bodde, og alle deres teltleire brant de opp med ild.
OTB
De brente alle byene hvor de bodde og alle deres leirer.
B1930
Og alle deres byer overalt hvor de bodde, og alle deres teltleire brente de op med ild.

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 1:7

    Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you— a desolation demolished by strangers.

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  • 1 Samuel 30:1

    On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.

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  • 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.”

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  • 1 Kings 9:16

    Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He had set it on fire, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.

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  • 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.

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  • Genesis 25:16

    These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names by their villages and encampments—twelve princes of their tribes.

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