World English Bible
Judges 1:23
“The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)”
Verse in context — Judges 1
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The children of Benjamin did not 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, they also went up against Bethel; and Yahweh was with them.
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The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)
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The watchers saw a man come forth 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 go and all his family.
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A cycle of sin, oppression, repentance, and deliverance in Israel’s early history.
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