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John Gill's Exposition on Numbers 31:10

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, etc. } 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.
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