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Judges 1:25

23 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.”

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.

26 And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.

27 At that time Manasseh failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and their villages; for the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land.

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BSB
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.
KJV
And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.
WEB
He showed them the entrance into the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man and all his family go.
ASV
And he showed them the entrance into the city; and they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man go and all his family.
DARBY
And he shewed them how to enter into the city. And they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.
BLB
And he showed them the entrance to the city, and they struck the city with the mouth of the sword. And the man and all his family they sent away.
ÅB
Og han viste dem hvor de kunne komme inn i byen, og de slo byen med sverdets egg; men mannen og hele hans slekt lot de gå.
OTB
Han viste dem inngangen til byen, og de slo den med sverdet, men sparte mannen og hele hans familie.
B1930
Og han viste dem hvor de kunde komme inn i byen, og de slo byen med sverdets egg; men mannen og hele hans slekt lot de gå.

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  • Joshua 6:22–25

    Meanwhile, Joshua told the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the house of the prostitute and bring out the woman and all who are with her, just as you promised her.”

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