Joshua 8:4
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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: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.
In other translations
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: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.
Hebrew words
וַיְצַוvaytzavand he commandedH6680אֹתָם'otam<obj.> themH853לֵאמֹרlemor<to> sayingH559רְאוּre'useeH7200אַתֶּם'atemyouH859אֹרְבִים'orevim[are] lying in waitH693לָעִירla'irfor the cityH5892מֵאַחֲרֵיme'acharei<from> behindH310הָעִירha'irthe cityH5892אַל־'al-may notH408תַּרְחִיקוּtarchikuyou go far awayH7368מִן־min-fromH4480הָעִירha'irthe cityH5892מְאֹדme'odveryH3966וִהְיִיתֶםvihyitemand you will beH1961כֻּלְּכֶםkulekhemall of youH3605נְכֹנִים׃nekhonimpreparedH3559
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Related verses
- Judges 20:29And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.So Israel set up an ambush around Gibeah.
- Acts 23:21But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.Do 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 9:16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”
- Judges 20:33And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baal–tamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.So 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.
- 1 Samuel 15:5And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.Saul came to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley.
- Judges 20:36So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.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.
- 1 Samuel 15:2Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.This 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.
- Ecclesiastes 7:19Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.Wisdom makes the wise man stronger than ten rulers in a city.
- Judges 9:25And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech.The 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.
- Joshua 8:16And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.Then all the men of Ai were summoned to pursue them, and they followed Joshua and were drawn away from the city.
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