Joshua 8:12

And he took about 5,000 men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.

Joshua 8:2-3

You shall do to Ai and its king just as you did to Jericho and its king; you shall take only its spoil and its cattle as plunder for yourselves. Set 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
You shall do to Ai and its king just as you did to Jericho and its king; you shall take only its spoil and its cattle as plunder for yourselves. Set an ambush for the city behind it.”

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Judges 9:25
The men of Shechem set men in ambush against him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all who might pass by them along the road; and it was told to Abimelech.