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- Verse 10
Numbers 31:10
And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
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…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
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…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
their encampments A word specially used to denote the circular encampment of a nomad tribe: cf. Gen 25:16.
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