Judges 20:38 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

³⁸ Now the appointed signal between the men of Israel and the men in ambush was that when they made a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁸ Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁸ Now the appointed signal between the men of Israel and the men in ambush was that when they made a great cloud of smoke arise from the city,

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁸ Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers-in-wait was, that they should make a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city.

Common English Bible

³⁸ The plan between the main force of the Israelites and those in the ambush was that when they sent up a big cloud of smoke from the city,

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁸ Now the sons of Israel had given a sign to those whom they had stationed in ambushes, so that, after they had seized the city, they would light a fire, and by the smoke ascending on high, they would show that the city was captured.

Judges 20:38 Cross References

Genesis 17:21

But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this season next year.”

2 Kings 4:16

And he said, “At this season, when the time comes round, you shall embrace a son.” And she said, “No, my lord, O man of God; do not lie to your maidservant.”

Joshua 8:13

So they stationed the forces, the main encampment which was north of the city and its rear guard west of the city. But Joshua spent that night in the valley.

Joshua 8:20

So when the men of Ai looked back, behold, the smoke of the city went up to heaven; and they had no power to flee this way or that, for the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.