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Judges 1:23

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And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before [was] Luz.)

And the house {H1004} of Joseph {H3130} sent to descry {H8446} Bethel {H1008}.(Now the name {H8034} of the city {H5892} before {H6440} was Luz {H3870}.)

The house of Yosef sent spies to Beit-El (the city was formerly called Luz).

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

And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Beth-el. (Now the name of the city beforetime was Luz.)

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  • Genesis 28:19 (5 votes)

    And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city [was called] Luz at the first.

  • Genesis 35:6 (3 votes)

    ¶ So Jacob came to Luz, which [is] in the land of Canaan, that [is], Bethel, he and all the people that [were] with him.

  • Genesis 48:3 (3 votes)

    And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

  • Judges 18:2 (2 votes)

    And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.

  • Joshua 2:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.

  • Joshua 7:2 (2 votes)

    And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which [is] beside Bethaven, on the east side of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.