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Ephraim’s Inheritance

Joshua 16:2

In 11 translations

BSB
It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz) and proceeded to the border of the Archites in Ataroth.LXX (See also Joshua 18:13); Hebrew from Bethel to Luz
KJV
And goeth out from Beth-el to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,
WEB
It went out from Bethel to Luz, and passed along to the border of the Archites to Ataroth;
ASV
and it went out from Beth-el to Luz, and passed along unto the border of the Archites to Ataroth;
LSV
and has gone out from Beth-El to Luz, and passed over to the border of Archi [to] Ataroth,
YLT
and hath gone out from Beth-El to Luz, and passed over unto the border of Archi [to] Ataroth,
DBY
And [the border] went from Bethel to Luz, and passed to the border of the Archites to Ataroth,
DRC
And goeth out from Bethel to Luza: and passeth the border of Archi, to Ataroth,
GNV
And goeth out from Beth-el to Luz, and runneth along vnto the borders of Archiataroth,
JPS
And it went out from Beth-el-luz, and passed along unto the border of the Archites to Ataroth.
LXXE
And they will go out to Bæthel, and will proceed to the borders of Achatarothi.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְיָצָ֥א מִבֵּֽית־אֵ֖ל ל֑וּזָה וְעָבַ֛ר אֶל־גְּב֥וּל הָאַרְכִּ֖י עֲטָרֽוֹת׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐξελεύσεται εἰς Βαιθὴλ, καὶ παρελεύσεται ἐπὶ τὰ ὅρια τοῦ Ἀχαταρωθί.

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  • Joshua 18:13From there the border crossed over to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth-addar on the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.
  • Genesis 28:19and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
  • 1 Chronicles 27:33Ahithophel was the king’s counselor. Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend.
  • Judges 1:22–26The house of Joseph also attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them. They sent spies to Bethel (formerly known as Luz), and when the spies saw a man coming out of the city, they said to him, “Please show us how to get…
  • 2 Samuel 16:16And David’s friend Hushai the Archite went to Absalom and said to him, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”

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