## Every male was circumcised ##

Alternate translation: "So Hamor and Shechem had someone circumcise all the men." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

## On the third day ##

"After two days"

## when they were very sore ##

"when the men of the city were very sore"

## each man took his sword ##

"took their swords"

## went to the unsuspecting city ##

"entered the city where the people did not think the Israelites would harm them"

## and killed all the males ##

This can be translated as a new sentence: "Simeon and Levi killed all the men of the city."

## with the edge of the sword ##

"with their swords"