Joshua 8:12
And Joshua 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
You shall do [the same] to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king; [except that] you shall take only its spoil and its cattle as plunder for yourselves. Set up an ambush for the city behind it [on the west side].”
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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.
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Five thousand
Joshua 8:2
You shall do [the same] to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king; [except that] you shall take only its spoil and its cattle as plunder for yourselves. Set up an ambush for the city behind it [on the west side].”
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Judges 9:25
The leaders of Shechem set men in ambush against Abimelech on the mountaintops, and they robbed all who passed by them along the road; and it was reported to Abimelech.