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Judges 1:26 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" The man went into the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day. "

Judges 1:26

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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.

26 The man went into the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.

27 Manasseh didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shean and its towns, nor Taanach and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

28 When Israel had grown strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and didn’t utterly drive them out.

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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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Joshua 19:50

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"According to the LORD’s commandment, they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnathserah in the hill country of Ephraim; and he built the city, and lived there."

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Genesis 35:6

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"So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him."

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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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2 Maccabees 12:13

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"He also attacked a certain city, strong and fenced with earthworks and walls, and inhabited by a mixed multitude of various nations. It was named Caspin."

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2 Chronicles 27:4

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"Moreover he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and in the forests he built fortresses and towers."

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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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