Judges 20:38 - Catholic Public Domain Version

Now the sons of Israel had given a sign to those whom they had stationed in ambushes, so that, after they had seized the city, they would light a fire, and by the smoke ascending on high, they would show that the city was captured.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Now the appointed signal between the men of Israel and the men in ambush was that when they made a great cloud of smoke arise from the city,

American Standard Version (1901)

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.