OLD TESTAMENT

Joshua 8:12

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He took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.

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Verse 12. Five thousand. These were part of the 30,000 mentioned above, verse 3. Challoner.—Josue had given orders to have them placed in ambush apart; ( Calmet.) unless, perhaps, he places these himself in some secret place. Bible.

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