Numbers 31:10

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

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

American King James Version (AKJV)

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

American Standard Version (ASV)

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

Basic English Translation (BBE)

And after burning all their towns and all their tent-circles,

Webster's Revision

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

World English Bible

All their cities in the places in which they lived, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire.

English Revised Version (ERV)

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

Barnes's Numbers 31:10 Bible Commentary

Goodly castles - Rather, both here and in Genesis 25:16, hamlets. The word is derived from a word טוּר ṭûr,) signifying "a row" or "range" (compare Ezekiel 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 Numbers 11:35.