And the ambush [was] on the west side of the city.

And Joshua sent men to Ai, which is by Beth Aven, saying, Spy out Ai. And the men went up and spied out Ai.

And he departed from there to the mountain east of Bethel, and there he pitched his tent in Bethel near the sea, and Ai toward the east, and there he built an altar to the Lord, and called on the name of the Lord.

the men of Bethel and Ai, four hundred and twenty-three;

The men of Bethel and Ai, a hundred and twenty-three.

So the presents went on before him, but he himself lodged that night in the camp.