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And the children of Israel went forward on their journey, and on the third day came to their towns. Now their towns were Gibeon and Chephirah and Beeroth and Kiriath-jearim.

עָרֵיהֶ֖ם (עָרֵי) 'a.rei. “cities”וְעָרֵיהֶם֙ (עָרֵי) 'a.rei. “cities”

He was in great fear, because Gibeon was a great town, like one of the king's towns, greater than Ai, and all the men in it were men of war.

עִ֤יר 'ir “[was] a city”עָרֵ֣י 'a.Rei “[the] cities of”

But do you, without waiting, go after their army, attacking them from the back; do not let them get into their towns, for the Lord your God has given them into your hands.

עָ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם (עָ֣רֵי) 'a.rei. “cities”

Now when Joshua and the children of Israel had come to the end of their war of complete destruction, and had put to death all but a small band who had got safely into the walled towns,

עָרֵ֥י 'a.Rei “[the] cities of”

And took it, overcoming it and putting it and its king and its towns and every person in it to the sword: as he had done to Eglon, he put them all to death, and gave it up to the curse with every person in it.

עָרֶ֜יהָ (עָרֶ֜י) 'a.Rei. “cities”

And he took it, with its king and all its towns: and he put them to the sword, giving every person in it to the curse; all were put to death: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir and its king.

עָרֶ֙יהָ֙ (עָרֶ֙י) 'a.Rei. “cities”

And all the towns of these kings, and all the kings, Joshua took, and put them to the sword: he gave them up to the curse, as Moses, the servant of the Lord, had said.

עָרֵ֣י 'a.Rei “[the] cities of”

As for the towns made on hills of earth, not one was burned by Israel but Hazor, which was burned by Joshua.

הֶעָרִ֗ים (עָרִ֗ים) 'a.Rim “cities”

And all the goods taken from these towns, and their cattle, the children of Israel kept for themselves; but every man they put to death without mercy, till their destruction was complete, and there was no one living.

הֶעָרִ֤ים (עָרִ֤ים) 'a.Rim “cities”

Not one town made peace with the children of Israel, but only the Hivites of Gibeon: they took them all in war.

עִ֗יר 'Ir “a city”

And Joshua came at that time and put an end to the Anakim in the hill-country, in Hebron, in Debir, in Anab, and in all the hill-country of Judah and Israel: Joshua gave them and their towns to the curse.

עָרֵיהֶ֖ם (עָרֵי) 'a.rei. “cities”

From Aroer, on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the town in the middle of the valley, and all the table-land from Medeba to Dibon;

וְהָעִ֨יר (עִ֨יר) 'Ir “city”

And all the towns of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who was ruling in Heshbon, to the limits of the children of Ammon;

עָרֵי֙ 'a.Rei “[the] cities of”

Their limit was from Aroer, on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the town in the middle of the valley, and all the table-land by Medeba;

וְהָעִ֨יר (עִ֨יר) 'Ir “city”

Heshbon and all her towns in the table-land; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon;

עָרֶ֖יהָ (עָרֶ֖י) 'a.Rei. “cities”

And all the towns of the table-land, and all the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who was ruling in Heshbon, whom Moses overcame, together with the chiefs of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the chiefs of Sihon, who were living

עָרֵ֣י 'a.Rei “[the] cities of”

And the limit of the children of Reuben was the edge of Jordan. This was the heritage of the children of Reuben by their families, with its towns and its unwalled places.

הֶעָרִ֖ים (עָרִ֖ים) 'a.Rim “cities”

And their limit was Jazer, and all the towns of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, to Aroer before Rabbah;

עָרֵ֣י 'a.Rei “[the] cities of”

This is the heritage of the children of Gad by their families, with its towns and its unwalled places

הֶעָרִ֖ים (עָרִ֖ים) 'a.Rim “cities”

And their limit was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og, king of Bashan, and all Havvoth-Jair, in Bashan, sixty towns;

עִֽיר׃ 'Ir “citi[es]”

And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, towns of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were for the children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, for half of the children of Machir by their families.

עָרֵ֛י 'a.Rei “[the] cities of”

Because the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim; and they gave the Levites no part in the land, only towns for their living-places, with the grass-lands for their cattle and for their property.

עָרִים֙ 'a.Rim “cities”

So now, give me this hill-country named by the Lord at that time; for you had an account of it then, how the Anakim were there, and great walled towns: it may be that the Lord will be with me, and I will be able to take their land, as the Lord said.

וְעָרִים֙ (עָרִים֙) 'a.Rim “cities”

And the limit is marked out from the top of the mountain to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah, and out to the towns of Mount Ephron, as far as Baalah (which is Kiriath-jearim):

עָרֵ֣י 'a.Rei “[the] cities of”

The farthest towns of the tribe of Judah in the direction of the limits of Edom to the south, were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur;

הֶעָרִ֗ים (עָרִ֗ים) 'a.Rim “cities”