Numbers 31:10

What does Numbers 31:10 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 31:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And all their cities in the places wherein they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And all their cities in the places wherein they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And after burning all their towns and all their tent-circles,

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and all their cities, with their habitations, and all their towers, they have burnt with fire.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And all their cities, and their villages, and castles, they burned.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

and all their cities in their settlements and all their encampments they burned with fire.

Context

v.9And the children of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones; and all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods, they took for a prey.

v.10This passage

v.11And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of man and of beast.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 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 made a raid upon the South, and upon Ziklag, and had smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire,

  • Revelation 18:8

    Therefore in one day shall her plagues come, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire; for strong is the Lord God who judged her.

  • 1 Kings 9:16

    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 portion 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 Jehovah.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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