He called the name of that place Bethel; but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
Judges 1:23 - Revised Standard Version And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (Now the name of the city was formerly Luz.) Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the house of Joseph sent to descry Beth-el. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.) Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the house of Joseph was sent to spy out Bethel. The name of the city formerly had been Luz. American Standard Version (1901) And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Beth-el. (Now the name of the city beforetime was Luz.) Common English Bible When they sent men to spy on Bethel, previously named Luz, Catholic Public Domain Version For when they were besieging the city, which was previously called Luz, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For when they were besieging the city, which before was called Luza, |
He called the name of that place Bethel; but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
And Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him,
And Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me,
The allotment of the descendants of Joseph went from the Jordan by Jericho, east of the waters of Jericho, into the wilderness, going up from Jericho into the hill country to Bethel;
then going from Bethel to Luz, it passes along to Ataroth, the territory of the Archites;
From there the boundary passes along southward in the direction of Luz, to the shoulder of Luz (the same is Bethel), then the boundary goes down to Ataroth-addar, upon the mountain that lies south of Lower Beth-horon.
And Joshua the son of Nun sent two men secretly from Shittim as spies, saying, “Go, view the land, especially Jericho.” And they went, and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lodged there.
Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven, east of Bethel, and said to them, “Go up and spy out the land.” And the men went up and spied out Ai.
The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel; and the Lord was with them.
So the Danites sent five able men from the whole number of their tribe, from Zorah and from Eshta-ol, to spy out the land and to explore it; and they said to them, “Go and explore the land.” And they came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.