12Now Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set up an ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.
13So the forces were stationed with the main camp to the north of the city and the rear guard to the west of the city. And that night Joshua went into the valley.
— Joshua 8:12-13

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