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Luz

City in the Bible

Location: 31.93° N, 35.22° E (approximate; the location is disputed or uncertain)

Several places in the Bible may have this name. The verses below may mix them up.

Mentioned in 6 verses. Here are the first ones. The list is based on an open dataset and is not complete: not every place a person or place is mentioned is included.

Where Luz is mentioned

  • Genesis 28:18–19

    18 Early the next morning, Jacob took the stone that he had placed under his head, and he set it up as a pillar. He poured oil on top of it,

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

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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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  • 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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  • Judges 1:23–24

    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.”

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  • Joshua 16:2

    It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz) and proceeded to the border of the Archites in Ataroth.

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  • Joshua 18:13

    From there the border crossed over to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth-addar on the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.

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