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Judges 1:23

JosephBethel (of Palestine)Luz

21 The Benjamites, however, failed to drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the Benjamites.

22 The house of Joseph also attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them.

They sent spies to Bethel (formerly known as Luz),

24 and when the spies saw a man coming out of the city, they said to him, “Please show us how to get into the city, and we will treat you kindly.”

25 So the man showed them the entrance to the city, and they put the city to the sword but released that man and all his family.

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BSB
They sent spies to Bethel (formerly known as Luz),
KJV
And the house of Joseph sent to descry Beth-el. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)
WEB
The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (The name of the city before that was Luz.)
ASV
And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Beth-el. (Now the name of the city beforetime was Luz.)
DARBY
And the house of Joseph sent to search out Bethel; now the name of the city before was Luz.
BLB
And the house of Joseph they sent to spy out in Bethel (and the name of the city [was] formerly Luz),
ÅB
Og Josefs barn sendte speidere til Betel - byen hette før Luz -
OTB
De sendte menn for å speide ut Betel (tidligere kalt Luz).
B1930
Og Josefs barn sendte speidere til Betel - byen hette før Luz -

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Genesis 28:19

    and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.

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  • Genesis 48:3

    Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me

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  • Genesis 35:6

    So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.

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  • Joshua 7:2

    Meanwhile, Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven to the east of Bethel, and told them, “Go up and spy out the land.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.

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  • Judges 18:2

    So the Danites sent out five men from their clans, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. The men entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night.

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  • Joshua 2:1

    Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.

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