ESV: He took about 5,000 men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.
NIV: Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.
NASB: Then he took about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.
CSB: Now Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.
NLT: That night Joshua sent about 5,000 men to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the town.
KJV: And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.
NKJV: So he took about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.