Verse 12

And he taketh about five thousand men, and setteth them an ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west of the city;

Referenced Verses

• Josh 8:2-3 : 2 and thou hast done to Ai and to her king as thou hast done to Jericho and to her king; only, its spoil and its cattle ye spoil for yourselves; set for thee an ambush for the city at its rear.' 3 And Joshua riseth, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai, and Joshua chooseth thirty thousand men, mighty ones of valour, and sendeth them away by night,