Judges 20:38

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

The men of Israel had arranged a signal with the men in ambush: When they sent up a great cloud of smoke from the city,

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KJV

King James Version

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.

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WEB

World English Bible

Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the ambushers was that they should make a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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.

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Berean Literal Bible

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Judges 20

³⁶ Then the Benjamites realized they had been defeated. Now the men of Israel had retreated before Benjamin because they were relying on the ambush they had set against Gibeah.

³⁷ The men in ambush rushed suddenly against Gibeah; they advanced and put the whole city to the sword.

³⁸ The men of Israel had arranged a signal with the men in ambush: When they sent up a great cloud of smoke from the city,

³⁹ the men of Israel would turn in the battle. When the Benjamites had begun to strike them down, killing about thirty men of Israel, they said, “They are defeated before us as in the first battle.”

⁴⁰ But when the column of smoke began to go up from the city, the Benjamites looked behind them and saw the whole city going up in smoke.

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