Joshua 8:12

And he took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.

Joshua 8:2-3

And thou shall do to Ai and her king as thou did to Jericho and her king. Only the spoil of it, and the cattle of it, ye shall take for a prey to yourselves. Set thee an ambush for the city behind it.

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And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.

Five thousand

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Five thousand

Joshua 8:2
And thou shall do to Ai and her king as thou did to Jericho and her king. Only the spoil of it, and the cattle of it, ye shall take for a prey to yourselves. Set thee an ambush for the city behind it.

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Judges 9:25
And the men of Shechem set ambushes for him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all who came along that way by them, and it was told Abimelech.