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fı̄rz: In the King James Version translates ×רי×, 'urı̄m (“lights,†especially Urim in the phrase “Urim and Thummimâ€) “fires.†The Revised Version (British and American), understanding the word to mean the region of light, translates “east,†which satisfies the context far better, and is adopted by many modern scholars. In , the Revised Version (British and American) has “firesâ€; in “make fires†is a translation of a verb of different root; in “fires†translates the common singular noun for fire.