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All of these were fortified cities with high walls, gates, and bars, besides very many small unwalled towns.[a] We devoted them to destruction, just as we had done to Sihon king of Heshbon. There was a total destruction of every city, of men, women, and children, but all of the cattle and the plunder of the cities we took as spoils for ourselves.

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  1. Deuteronomy 3:5 The Hebrew word ‘ir, usually translated city, includes settlements smaller than what is usually denoted by the word cities. Here the Hebrew text specifies that the second category, translated small towns, are “country cities.”