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Then your responsible men and your judges are to come out, and give orders for the distance from the dead body to the towns round about it to be measured;

הֶ֣עָרִ֔ים (עָרִ֔ים) 'a.Rim “cities”

And whichever town is nearest to the body, the responsible men of that town are to take from the herd a young cow which has never been used for work or put under the yoke;

הָעִ֔יר (עִ֔יר) 'Ir “city”הָעִ֨יר (עִ֨יר) 'Ir “city”

And they are to take the cow into a valley where there is flowing water, and which is not ploughed or planted, and there the neck of the cow is to be broken:

הָעִ֨יר (עִ֨יר) 'Ir “city”

And all the responsible men of that town which is nearest to the dead man, washing their hands over the cow whose neck was broken in the valley,

הָעִ֣יר (עִ֣יר) 'Ir “city”

Then let his father and mother take him to the responsible men of the town, to the public place;

עִיר֖וֹ (עִיר֖) i.R “city”

And say to them, This son of ours is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, he will not give attention to us; he gives himself up to pleasure and strong drink.

עִיר֗וֹ (עִיר֗) i.R “city”

Then he is to be stoned to death by all the men of the town: so you are to put away the evil from among you; and all Israel, hearing of it, will be full of fear.

עִיר֤וֹ (עִיר֤) i.R “city”

Then let the girl's father and mother put before the responsible men of the town, in the public place, signs that the girl was a virgin:

הָעִ֖יר (עִ֖יר) 'Ir “city”

And now he has put shame on her, saying that she is not a virgin; but here is the sign that she is a virgin. Then they are to put her clothing before the responsible men of the town.

הָעִֽיר׃ (עִֽיר) 'Ir “city”

Then the responsible men of the town are to give the man his punishment;

הָֽעִיר־ (עִיר) 'ir- “city”

Then they are to make the girl come to the door of her father's house and she will be stoned to death by the men of the town, because she has done evil and put shame on Israel, by acting as a loose woman in her father's house: so you are to put away evil

עִירָ֤הּ (עִירָ֤) 'i.Ra “city”

If a young virgin has given her word to be married to a man, and another man meeting her in the town, has connection with her;

בָּעִ֖יר (עִ֖יר) 'Ir “city”

Then you are to take the two of them to the doorway of the town, and have them stoned to death; the young virgin, because she gave no cry for help, though it was in the town, and the man, because he has put shame on his neighbour's wife: so you are to pu

הָעִ֣יר (עִ֣יר) 'Ir “city”בָעִ֔יר (עִ֔יר) 'Ir “city”

Then the responsible men of the town will send for the man, and have talk with him: and if he still says, I will not take her;

עִיר֖וֹ (עִיר֖) i.R “city”

A blessing will be on you in the town, and a blessing in the field.

בָּעִ֑יר (עִ֑יר) 'Ir “city”

You will be cursed in the town and cursed in the field.

בָּעִ֑יר (עִ֑יר) 'Ir “city”

Then the waters flowing down from higher up were stopped and came together in a mass a long way back at Adam, a town near Zarethan; and the waters flowing down to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were cut off: and the people went across opposite Jeri

הָעִיר֙ (עִיר֙) 'Ir “city”

Now let all your fighting-men make a circle round the town, going all round it once. Do this for six days.

הָעִ֗יר (עִ֗יר) 'Ir “city”הָעִ֖יר (עִ֖יר) 'Ir “city”

And let seven priests go before the ark with seven loud-sounding horns in their hands: on the seventh day you are to go round the town seven times, the priests blowing their horns.

הָעִ֖יר (עִ֖יר) 'Ir “city”

And at the sound of a long note on the horns, let all the people give a loud cry; and the wall of the town will come down flat, and all the people are to go straight forward.

הָעִיר֙ (עִיר֙) 'Ir “city”

And he said to the people, Go forward, circling the town, and let the armed men go before the ark of the Lord.

הָעִ֑יר (עִ֑יר) 'Ir “city”

So he made the ark of the Lord go all round the town once: then they went back to the tents for the night.

הָעִ֔יר (עִ֔יר) 'Ir “city”

The second day they went all round the town once, and then went back to their tents: and so they did for six days.

הָעִ֜יר (עִ֜יר) 'Ir “city”

Then on the seventh day they got up early, at the dawn of the day, and went round the town in the same way, but that day they went round it seven times.

הָעִ֛יר (עִ֛יר) 'Ir “city”הָעִ֖יר (עִ֖יר) 'Ir “city”

And the seventh time, at the sound of the priests' horns, Joshua said to the people, Now give a loud cry; for the Lord has given you the town.

הָעִֽיר׃ (עִֽיר) 'Ir “city”