King James Version
Numbers 31:10 in the King James Version says “And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 31 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.”
Numbers 31:10 · KJV
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.
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.
And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“all their cities”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
“wherein they dwelt”
H4186a seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an abode (the place or the time); by implication, population
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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