Judges 1:23

In 11 translations

BSB

They sent spies to Bethel (formerly known as Luz),

KJV

And the house of Joseph sent to descry Beth-el. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)

WEB

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

ASV

And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Beth-el. (Now the name of the city beforetime was Luz.)

LSV

and the house of Joseph causes [men] to spy out Beth-El (and the name of the city [was] formerly Luz),

YLT

and the house of Joseph cause [men] to spy about Beth-El (and the name of the city formerly is Luz),

DBY

And the house of Joseph sent to search out Bethel; now the name of the city before was Luz.

DRC

For when they were besieging the city, which before was called Luza,

GNV

And the house of Ioseph caused to viewe Beth-el (and the name of the citie beforetime was Luz)

JPS

And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Beth-el — now the name of the city beforetime was Luz.

LXXE

And they encamped and surveyed Bæthel: and the name of the city before was Luza.

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WLC

וַיָּתִ֥ירוּ בֵית־יוֹסֵ֖ף בְּבֵֽית־אֵ֑ל וְשֵׁם־הָעִ֥יר לְפָנִ֖ים לֽוּז׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ παρενέβαλον, καὶ κατεσκέψαντο Βαιθήλ· τὸ δὲ ὄνομα τῆς πόλεως ἦν ἔμπροσθεν Λουζά.

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• Genesis 28:19and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
• Genesis 48:3Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me
• Genesis 35:6So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.
• Judges 18:2So the Danites sent out five men from their clans, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. The men entered the hill country of Ephraim and…
• Joshua 7:2Meanwhile, Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven to the east of Bethel, and told them, “Go up and spy out the land.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.
• Joshua 2:1Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.

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