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Joshua 8:4

with these orders: “Pay attention. You are to lie in ambush behind the city, not too far from it. All of you must be ready.

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ASV

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:

KJV

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:

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיְצַ֨וvay.Tzavand he commandedH6680 →
אֹתָ֜ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853 →
לֵאמֹ֗רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
רְ֠אוּRe.'useeH7200 →
אַתֶּ֞ם'a.TemyouH859 →
אֹרְבִ֤ים'o.re.Vim[are] lying in waitH693 →
לָעִיר֙la.'Irfor the cityH5892 →
מֵאַחֲרֵ֣יme.'a.cha.Rei<from> behindH310 →
הָעִ֔ירha.'Irthe cityH5892 →
אַל־'al-may notH408 →
תַּרְחִ֥יקוּtar.Chi.kuyou go far awayH7368 →
מִן־min-fromH4480 →
הָעִ֖ירha.'Irthe cityH5892 →
מְאֹ֑דme.'OdveryH3966 →
וִהְיִיתֶ֥םvih.yi.Temand you will beH1961 →
כֻּלְּכֶ֖םku.le.Khemall of youH3605 →
נְכֹנִֽים׃ne.kho.NimpreparedH3559 →

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Judges 20:29So Israel set up an ambush around Gibeah.2 Chronicles 13:13Now Jeroboam had sent troops around to ambush from the rear, so that while he was in front of Judah, the ambush was behind them.1 Samuel 15:2This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I witnessed what the Amalekites did to the Israelites when they ambushed them on their way up from Egypt.Acts 23:21Do not let them persuade you, because more than forty men are waiting to ambush him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him; they are ready now, awaiting your consent.”Ecclesiastes 7:19Wisdom makes the wise man stronger than ten rulers in a city.Judges 9:25The leaders of Shechem set up an ambush against Abimelech on the hilltops, and they robbed all who passed by them on the road. So this was reported to Abimelech.1 Samuel 15:5Saul came to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley.Judges 20:36Then 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.Judges 20:33So all the men of Israel got up from their places and arrayed themselves at Baal-tamar, and the Israelites in ambush charged from their positions west of Gibeah.Ecclesiastes 9:16And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”Joshua 8:16Then all the men of Ai were summoned to pursue them, and they followed Joshua and were drawn away from the city.2 Kings 7:12So 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 field, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we will take them alive and enter the city.’”

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Joshua Burns the Town of Ai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Joshua Burns the Town of Ai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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