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Numbers 31:10

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.

And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.

11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.

12 And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near 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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  • 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.

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  • 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;

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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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