with these orders: “Pay attention. You are to lie in ambush behind the city, not too far from it. All of you must be ready.
KJV
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:
ASV
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: