Numbers 31:10

10 They burned up all of the towns where the people of Midian had settled. They also burned up all of their camps.

Numbers 31:10 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 31:10

And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt
} 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.

Numbers 31:10 In-Context

8 Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba were among the men they killed. Those men were the five kings of Midian. The people of Israel also killed Balaam, the son of Beor, with a sword.

9 They captured the women and children of Midian. They took for themselves all of the herds, flocks and goods.

10 They burned up all of the towns where the people of Midian had settled. They also burned up all of their camps.

11 They carried off everything they had taken. That included the people and the animals.

12 They brought back to Israel's camp the prisoners and everything else they had taken. They took them to Moses and to the priest Eleazar. They brought them to the whole community. Israel was camped on the flatlands of Moab. They were by the Jordan River across from Jericho.