Judges 20:38
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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.

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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.

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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 men
לְאִ֥ישׁ (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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