Joshua 8:4
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:
KJV
præcepitque eis, dicens : Ponite insidias post civitatem, nec longius recedatis : et eritis omnes parati.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐνετείλατο αὐτοῖς λέγων Ὑμεῖς ἐνεδρεύσατε ὀπίσω τῆς πόλεως· μὴ μακρὰν γίνεσθε ἀπὸ τῆς πόλεως, καὶ ἔσεσθε πάντες ἕτοιμοι.
LXX
And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in ambush against the city, behind the city; go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:
ASV
וַ/יְצַ֨ו אֹתָ֜/ם לֵ/אמֹ֗ר רְ֠אוּ אַתֶּ֞ם אֹרְבִ֤ים לָ/עִיר֙ מֵ/אַחֲרֵ֣י הָ/עִ֔יר אַל תַּרְחִ֥יקוּ מִן הָ/עִ֖יר מְאֹ֑ד וִ/הְיִיתֶ֥ם כֻּלְּ/כֶ֖ם נְכֹנִֽים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Chr 13:13 — But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.
- Judg 20:29 — And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.
- Judg 20:29 — And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.