Cross References Now the children of Israel had given a sign to them, whom they had laid in ambushes, that after they had taken the city, they should make a fire: that by the smoke rising on high, they might shew that the city was taken. Joshua 8:13 But all the rest of the army went in battle array on the north side, so that the last of that multitude reached to the west side of the city. So Joshua went that night, and stood in the midst of the valley. Joshua 8:20 And the men of the city, that pursued after Joshua, looking back, and seeing the smoke of the city rise up to heaven, had no more power to flee this way or that way: especially as they that had counterfeited flight, and were going toward the wilderness, turned back most valiantly against them that pursued. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Now the children of Israel had given a sign to them, whom they had laid in ambushes, that after they had taken the city, they should make a fire: that by the smoke rising on high, they might shew that the city was taken. sign. Context Civil War Against Benjamin…37And they that were in ambush arose on a sudden out of their coverts, and whilst Benjamin turned their backs to the slayers, went into the city, and smote it with the edge of the sword. 38Now the children of Israel had given a sign to them, whom they had laid in ambushes, that after they had taken the city, they should make a fire: that by the smoke rising on high, they might shew that the city was taken.39And when the children of Israel saw this in the battle, (for the children of Benjamin thought they fled, and pursued them vigorously, killing thirty men of their army)… Lexicon The menלְאִ֥ישׁ (lə·’îš) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc had arranged הָיָ֛ה (hā·yāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be a signal וְהַמּוֹעֵ֗ד (wə·ham·mō·w·‘êḏ) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4150: Appointed time, place, or meeting with עִם־ (‘im-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5973: With, equally with the men in ambush: הָאֹרֵ֑ב (hā·’ō·rêḇ) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 693: To lie in wait When they sent up לְהַעֲלוֹתָ֛ם (lə·ha·‘ă·lō·w·ṯām) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 5927: To ascend, in, actively a great הֶ֕רֶב (he·reḇ) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7235: To be or become much, many or great cloud מַשְׂאַ֥ת (maś·’aṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 4864: A raising, rising, an utterance, a beacon, a present of smoke הֶעָשָׁ֖ן (he·‘ā·šān) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6227: Smoke from מִן־ (min-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of the city, הָעִֽיר׃ (hā·‘îr) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement Additional Translations 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,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. 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. And the children of Israel had a signal of battle with the liers in wait, that they should send up a signal of smoke from the city. Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the ambush, that they should make a thick column of smoke rise up out of the city. 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. 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 to rise from the city. 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. And there was the appointed sign to the men of Israel with the ambush -- their causing to go up a great volume of smoke from the city. 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