Joshua 8:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁴ He commanded them, ‘Pay attention. Lie in ambush behind the city, not too far from it, and all of you be ready.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ And he commanded them, Behold, you shall lie in wait against the city behind it. Do not go very far from the city, but all of you be ready.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in ambush against the city, behind the city; go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:

Common English Bible

⁴ He commanded them, “Look. You are to ambush the city from behind. Don’t move too far away from the city. Be ready, all of you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ And he instructed them, saying: "Set an ambush behind the city. You shall withdraw not far away, and let everyone be prepared.

Joshua 8:4 Cross References

2 Kings 7:12

So the king got up in the night and said to his servants, ‘Let me tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are starving,  so they have left the camp to hide in the open country, thinking, “When they come out of the city, we will take them alive and go into the city.” ’

2 Chronicles 13:13

Now Jeroboam had sent an ambush  around to advance from behind them. So they were in front of Judah, and the ambush was behind them.

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom makes the wise person stronger than ten rulers of a city.

Ecclesiastes 9:16

And I said, ‘Wisdom is better than strength,  but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.’

Acts 23:21

Don’t let them persuade you, because there are more than forty of them lying in ambush #– #men who have bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they have killed him. Now they are ready, waiting for your consent.’

Joshua 8:16

Then all the troops of Ai were summoned to pursue them, and they pursued Joshua and were drawn away from the city.

Joshua 8:3

So Joshua and all the troops set out to attack Ai. Joshua selected thirty thousand of his best soldiers and sent them out at night.

Judges 20:29

So Israel set up an ambush  around Gibeah.

Judges 20:33

So all the men of Israel got up from their places and took their battle positions at Baal-tamar, while the Israelites in ambush charged out of their places west of  Geba.

Judges 20:36

Then the Benjaminites realised they had been defeated. The men of Israel had retreated before Benjamin, because they were confident in the ambush they had set against Gibeah.

Judges 9:25

The citizens of Shechem rebelled against him by putting men in ambush  on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed everyone who passed by them on the road. So this was reported to Abimelech.

Judges 9:32

Now tonight, you and the troops with you, come and wait in ambush in the countryside.

1 Samuel 15:2

This is what the Lord of Armies says: “I witnessed  what the Amalekites did to the Israelites when they opposed them along the way as they were coming out of Egypt.

1 Samuel 15:5

Saul came to the city of Amalek and set up an ambush in the wadi.