Joshua 8:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴ with the command, “You shall lie in ambush against the city, behind it; do not go very far from the city, but all of you stay alert.

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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

Judges 20:29

So Israel stationed men in ambush around Gibeah.

Acts 23:21

But do not be persuaded by them, for more than forty of their men are lying in ambush for him. They have bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink until they kill him. They are ready now and are waiting for your consent.”

Ecclesiastes 9:16

So I said, “Wisdom is better than might; yet the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heeded.”

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom gives strength to the wise more than ten rulers who are in a city.

1 Samuel 15:5

Saul came to the city of the Amalekites and lay in wait in the valley.

1 Samuel 15:2

Thus says the Lord of hosts: I will punish the Amalekites for what they did in opposing the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt.

Judges 20:36

Then the Benjaminites saw that they were defeated. The Israelites gave ground to Benjamin because they relied on the troops in ambush that they had stationed against Gibeah.

Judges 20:33

The main body of the Israelites drew back its battle line to Baal-tamar, while those Israelites who were in ambush rushed out of their place west of Geba.

Judges 9:25

So the lords of Shechem set ambushes against him on the mountaintops. They robbed all who passed by them along that way, and it was reported to Abimelech.

Joshua 8:16

So all the people who were in the city were called together to pursue them, and as they pursued Joshua they were drawn away from the city.

Joshua 8:3

So Joshua and all the fighting men set out to go up against Ai. Joshua chose thirty thousand warriors and sent them out by night

2 Kings 7:12

The king got up in the night and said to his servants, “I will tell you what the Arameans have prepared against us. They know that we are starving, so they left the camp to hide themselves in the open country, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we shall take them alive and get into the city.’ ”

2 Chronicles 13:13

Jeroboam had sent an ambush around to come on them from behind; thus his troops were in front of Judah, and the ambush was behind them.

Judges 9:32

Now therefore, go by night, you and the troops who are with you, and lie in wait in the fields.