Numbers 31:10 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 31:10

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

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, &c. ) So far as they went into the country, which, perhaps, might not be the whole land of Midian: and all their goodly castles with fire; which were either the palaces of their princes and nobles, or such like great personages; or they were fortified places, for the security of their cities and country: the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan interpret them of their houses of worship, their temples, and their altars.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Goodly castles - Rather, both here and in Gen 25:16, hamlets. The word is derived from a word טוּר ṭûr,) signifying “a row” or “range” (compare Eze 46:23); and probably indicates those collections of rude dwellings, made of stones piled one on another and covered with tent-cloths, which are used by the Arabs to this day; and which are frequently mentioned as douars in narratives of the French campaigns in Algeria. These dwellings would be formed usually in a circle. See the word “Hazeroth,” in Num 11:35.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאֵ֤ת	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
עָרֵיהֶם֙	'a.rei.Hem	cities their	H5892 →
בְּמ֣וֹשְׁבֹתָ֔ם	be.Mo.o.she.vo.Tam	in dwelling places their	H4186 →
וְאֵ֖ת	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
טִֽירֹתָ֑ם	ti.ro.Tam	encampments their	H2918 →
שָׂרְפ֖וּ	sa.re.Fu	they burned	H8313 →
בָּאֵֽשׁ׃	ba.'Esh	with <the> fire	H784 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
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.”
leads to
- Revelation 17:16
  And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Jeremiah 50:34
  Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of Hosts is His name. He will fervently plead their case so that He may bring rest to the earth, but turmoil to those who live in Babylon.
- Jeremiah 50:31
  “Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, “for your day has come, the time when I will punish you.
- Revelation 18:9–10
  Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her.
Through
Genesis 25:16
These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names by their villages and encampments—twelve princes of their tribes.
leads to
- Genesis 17:20
  As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make…
Through
Isaiah 1:7
Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you—a desolation demolished by strangers.
leads to
- Lamentations 5:2
  Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.
- Deuteronomy 28:33
  A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed.
- Deuteronomy 28:43
  The foreigner living among you will rise higher and higher above you, while you sink down lower and lower.

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06About Numbers

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

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About Numbers