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Judges 20:38

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38Now 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.

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Footnotes

  1. ||Or, time.
  2. †Heb. with.
  3. †Heb. elevation. ver. 40. Comp. Je. 6:1 (Heb.).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Now the appointed signal between the men of Israel and the men in the main ambush was that when they made a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The Israelites had arranged with the ambush that they should send up a great cloud of smoke from the city,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The men of Israel had a prearranged signal with the men in ambush: when they sent up a great cloud of smoke from the city,

NLTNew Living Translation

They had arranged to send up a large cloud of smoke from the town as a signal.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Now the appointed time for the men of Israel with the ambush was that they sent up for them a great amount of smoke from the city.