Joshua 8:7, 9, 12, 14, 19

come out from your ambush and take the city. The LORD your God will give you the power to win.

Then Joshua sent them to wait in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai. But Joshua stayed the night with his people.

Then Joshua chose about five thousand men and set them in ambush in the area west of the city between Bethel and Ai.

Now when the king of Ai saw the army of Israel, he and his people got up early the next morning and hurried out to fight them. They went out to a place east of the city, but the king did not know soldiers were waiting in ambush behind the city.

When the Israelites who were in ambush saw this, they quickly came out of their hiding place and hurried toward the city. They entered the city, took control of it, and quickly set it on fire.