Numbers 31:10

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Numbers 31:10 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 25:16These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names by their villages and encampments—twelve princes of their tribes.
  2. Joshua 6:24Then 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.
  3. 1 Samuel 30:1On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.
  4. 1 Kings 9:16Pharaoh 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.
  5. Isaiah 1:7Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you— a desolation demolished by strangers.
  6. Revelation 18:8Therefore 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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