Judges 20:38

The Israelites and the men hiding in ambush had arranged a signal. When the men hiding in ambush ¹  sent up a smoke signal from the city,

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

Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the men in ambush was that they would make a great cloud of smoke rise from the city.

They sent up a large cloud of smoke from the town,

The strategy for the main body of the ambush was that they send up a smoke signal from the city.

Now the sign fixed between the men of Israel and those making the surprise attack was that when they made a pillar of smoke go up from the town,

Now the agreement between the main body of Israel and the men in ambush was that when they sent up a cloud of smoke out of the city

Now the appointed signal between the men of Israel and the men in ambush was that they would make a great cloud of smoke rise up from the city,

The Israelites and the men hiding in ambush had arranged a signal. When the men hiding in ambush ¹  sent up a smoke signal from the city,

¹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the men hiding in ambush) has been specified in the translation for clarity.