Judges 20:38

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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.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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Hebrew words

וְהַמּוֹעֵדvehamo'edand the appointed signalH4150הָיָהhayahit belongedH1961לְאִישׁle'ishto [the] man ofH376יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478עִם־'im-withH5973הָאֹרֵבha'orevthe ambusherH693הֶרֶבherevmake greatH7235לְהַעֲלוֹתָםleha'alotamto cause to go up theyH5927מַשְׂאַתmas'at[the] rising ofH4864הֶעָשָׁןhe'ashanthe smokeH6227מִן־min-fromH4480הָעִיר׃ha'irthe cityH5892

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Related verses

Genesis 17:21
But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”
Joshua 8:20
And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.When the men of Ai turned and looked back, the smoke of the city was rising into the sky. They could not escape in any direction, and the troops who had fled to the wilderness now became the pursuers.
2 Kings 4:16
And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.And Elisha declared, “At this time next year, you will hold a son in your arms.” “No, my lord,” she said. “Do not lie to your maidservant, O man of God.”

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