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Jos 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:

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

lie in wait		Jos 8:16; Jdg 9:25; Jdg 20:29,33,36; 1Sa 15:2,5; Act 23:21
go not		Ecc 7:19; Ecc 9:16

Correlating Passages

lie in wait

	Jos 8:16	And all the people that [were] in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
	Jdg 9:25	And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech.
	Jdg 20:29	And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.
	Jdg 20:33	And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baaltamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, [even] out of the meadows of Gibeah.
	Jdg 20:36	So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.
	1Sa 15:2	Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember [that] which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid [wait] for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.
	1Sa 15:5	And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
	Act 23:21	But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.

go not

	Ecc 7:19	Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty [men] which are in the city.
	Ecc 9:16	Then said I, Wisdom [is] better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard.

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Scott, Thomas. "Joshua 8:4," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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