And he took about five thousand men, (e) and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.
(e) He sent these few, that the others who lay in ambush might not be discovered.
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Joshua 8:12
12 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.