Judges 20:38

“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.”

"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." - Judges 20:38
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What does Judges 20:38 mean?

The Bible verse Judges 20:38 in the King James Version (KJV) reads: "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." To fully understand the meaning and context of this…

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The Smoke of Strategy: Divine Signals in Our Battles

Judges 20:38 states, "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." This verse encapsulates both the complexity of human conflict and the providential hand of God guiding…

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A Prayer for Divine Guidance and Clarity amidst Conflict

Dear Heavenly Father, As I come before Your throne of grace today, I reflect on the profound wisdom encapsulated in the words of Judges 20:38. “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…

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Judges 20:38 - "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."
Ezekiel 16:38 - "And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy."
Judges 6:38 - "And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water."
Luke 20:38 - "For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him."
Exodus 38:20 - "And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass."
Judges 11:38 - "And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains."
Judges 15:20 - "And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years."
Luke 20:27-38. All people of color.
Psalms 38:20 - "They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is."
Judges 20:29 - "And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah."
Judges 20:20 - "And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah."
Job 38:20 - "That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?"
Judges 20:19 - "And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah."
Judges 5:20 - "They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera."
Judges 21:20 - "Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;"
1 Kings 20:38 - "So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face."
Judges 20:27 - "And the children of Israel enquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,"
Judges 20:44 - "And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valour."
Judges 20:24 - "And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day."
Judges 20:7 - "Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel."
Ezekiel 20:4 - "Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers:"
Judges 14:20 - "But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend."
Genesis 38:20 - "And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not."
Judges 1:20 - "And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak."
Acts 20:38 - "Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship."
"And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy." - Ezekiel 16:38
"And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years." - Judges 15:20
Isaiah 38:20 - "The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD."
1 Samuel 20:38 - "And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master."