“Then they burned all the cities where the Midianites had lived, as well as all their encampments,”
Numbers 31:10 (BSB)
Context Reading
8Among the slain were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba — the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword. 9The Israelites captured the Midianite women and their children, and they plundered all their herds, flocks, and goods. 10Then they burned all the cities where the Midianites had lived, as well as all their encampments, 11and carried away all the plunder and spoils, both people and animals. 12They brought the captives, spoils, and plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of Israel at the camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho.