Joshua 8:12

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

Joshua 8:2-3

Do to Ai and her king what you did to Jericho and her king. Take the spoil and the cattle for yourselves. Lay 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.

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Five thousand

Joshua 8:2
Do to Ai and her king what you did to Jericho and her king. Take the spoil and the cattle for yourselves. Lay an ambush for the city behind it.

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Judges 9:25
And the men of Shechem set men in ambush on the top of the mountains. They robbed all who came along that way. This was reported to Abimelech.