# On the third day

"third" is the ordinal number for three. It can be stated without the ordinal number. Alternate translation: "After two days" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-ordinal]])

# when they were still in pain

"when the men of the city were still in pain"

# each took his sword

"took their swords"

# they attacked the city

Here "city" stands for the people. Alternate translation: "they attacked the people of the city" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])

# security, and they killed all the males

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