Discovery BoxNumbers 31:9-12 
Context31:9 The Israelites took the women of Midian captives along with their little ones, and took all their herds, all their flocks, and all their goods as plunder. 31:10 They burned 1 all their towns 2 where they lived and all their encampments. 31:11 They took all the plunder and all the spoils, both people and animals. 31:12 They brought the captives and the spoils and the plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the Israelite community, to the camp on the plains 3 of Moab, along the Jordan River 4 across from Jericho. 5
1 tn Heb “burned with fire.”
2 tn The ban applied to the encampments and forts of this group of Midianite tribes living in the region of Moab.
3 tn Or “steppes.”
4 tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Again this expression, “the Jordan of Jericho,” is used. It describes the intended location along the Jordan River, the Jordan next to or across from Jericho.
map For the location of Jericho see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.
