Joshua 8:11

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All the fighting men who were with him went up, and drew near before the city, and camped on the north side of Ai, with a ravine between them and Ai.

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In the morning Joshua rose early and mustered the people, and went up, with the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.

Taking about five thousand men, he set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.