The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (The name of the city before that was Luz.)
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Judges 1:23 in context
Judges 1:20–26
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They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said, and he drove the three sons of Anak out of there.
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The children of Benjamin didn’t drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem, but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.
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The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and the LORD was with them.
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The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (The name of the city before that was Luz.)
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The watchers saw a man come out of the city, and they said to him, “Please show us the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with you.”
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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.
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The man went into the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.
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