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Judges 1:23 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (The name of the city before that was Luz.) "

Judges 1:23

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21 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.

22 The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and the LORD was with them.

23 The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (The name of the city before that was Luz.)

24 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.”

25 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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Related Verses

Genesis 28:19

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"He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first."

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Genesis 35:15

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"Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him “Bethel”."

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Joshua 7:2

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"Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth Aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, “Go up and spy out the land.” The men went up and spied out Ai."

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Joshua 16:2

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"It went out from Bethel to Luz, and passed along to the border of the Archites to Ataroth;"

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Luke 2:4

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"Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to David’s city, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David,"

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Amos 5:6

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"Seek the LORD, and you will live, lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be no one to quench it in Bethel."

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Judges 1:1

"After the death of Joshua, the children of Israel asked of the LORD, saying, “Who should go up for us first against the Canaanites, to fight against them?”"

Judges 1:2

"The LORD said, “Judah shall go up. Behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.”"

Judges 1:3

"Judah said to Simeon his brother, “Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with you into your lot.” So Simeon went with him."

Judges 1:4

"Judah went up, and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand. They struck ten thousand men in Bezek."

Judges 1:5

"They found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek, and they fought against him. They struck the Canaanites and the Perizzites."

Judges 1:6

"But Adoni-Bezek fled. They pursued him, caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his big toes."

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