Joshua 8:12
And he will take about five thousand men and set them in ambush between the house of God and between Ai, from the sea, to the city.
Joshua 8:2-3
And do to Ai and to her king as thou didst to Jericho and to her king: only its plunder and her cattle ye shall plunder to yourselves: set to thee an ambush to the city from 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.
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Five thousand
Joshua 8:2
And do to Ai and to her king as thou didst to Jericho and to her king: only its plunder and her cattle ye shall plunder to yourselves: set to thee an ambush to the city from behind it.
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Judges 9:25
And the lords of Shechem will set for him liers in wait upon the heads of the mountains, and they will rob all who shall pass over by them in the way: and it was announced to Abimelech.