Judges 1:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So they sent men to make a search round Beth-el. (Now the name of the town in earlier times was Luz.)

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 28:19 : 19 And he gave that place the name of Beth-el, but before that time the town was named Luz.
  • Gen 35:6 : 6 And Jacob came to Luz in the land of Canaan (which is the same as Beth-el), he and all his people.
  • Gen 48:3 : 3 And Jacob said to Joseph, God, the Ruler of all, came to me in a vision at Luz in the land of Canaan, and gave me his blessing,
  • Josh 2:1 : 1 Then Joshua, the son of Nun, sent two men from Shittim secretly, with the purpose of searching out the land, and Jericho. So they went and came to the house of a loose woman of the town, named Rahab, where they took their rest for the night.
  • Josh 7:2 : 2 Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is by the side of Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and said to them, Go up and make a search through the land. And the men went up and saw how Ai was placed.
  • Judg 18:2 : 2 So the children of Dan sent five men from among their number, strong men, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to take a look at the land and make a search through it; and they said to them, Go and make a search through the land; and they came to the hill-country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, where they made a stop for the night.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 1:22
    85%

    22 And the family of Joseph went up against Beth-el, and the Lord was with them.

  • Judg 1:24-26
    3 verses
    83%

    24 And the watchers saw a man coming out of the town, and said to him, If you will make clear to us the way into the town, we will be kind to you.

    25 So he made clear to them the way into the town, and they put it to the sword; but they let the man and all his family get away safe.

    26 And he went into the land of the Hittites, building a town there and naming it Luz: which is its name to this day.

  • Gen 28:19
    79%

    19 And he gave that place the name of Beth-el, but before that time the town was named Luz.

  • Gen 35:6-7
    2 verses
    76%

    6 And Jacob came to Luz in the land of Canaan (which is the same as Beth-el), he and all his people.

    7 And there he made an altar, naming the place El-beth-el: because it was there he had the vision of God when he was in flight from his brother.

  • Josh 16:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1 And the limit of the land marked out for the children of Joseph went out from Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, in the waste land, going up from Jericho through the hill-country to Beth-el;

    2 And it goes out from Beth-el to Luz, and on as far as the limit of the Archites to Ataroth;

  • Josh 7:2
    71%

    2 Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is by the side of Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and said to them, Go up and make a search through the land. And the men went up and saw how Ai was placed.

  • Gen 48:3
    71%

    3 And Jacob said to Joseph, God, the Ruler of all, came to me in a vision at Luz in the land of Canaan, and gave me his blessing,

  • Josh 18:13
    70%

    13 And from there the line goes south to Luz, to the side of Luz (which is Beth-el), then down to Ataroth-addar, by the mountain to the south of Beth-horon the lower.

  • Josh 2:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1 Then Joshua, the son of Nun, sent two men from Shittim secretly, with the purpose of searching out the land, and Jericho. So they went and came to the house of a loose woman of the town, named Rahab, where they took their rest for the night.

    2 And it was said to the king of Jericho, See, some men have come here tonight from the children of Israel with the purpose of searching out the land.

  • Josh 18:22
    68%

    22 And Beth-arabah and Zemaraim and Beth-el

  • Gen 46:28
    68%

    28 Now he had sent Judah before him to Goshen, to get word from Joseph; and so they came to the land of Goshen.

  • Deut 1:22
    68%

    22 And you came near to me, every one of you, and said, Let us send men before us to go through the land with care and give us an account of the way we are to go and the towns to which we will come.

  • Gen 37:17
    68%

    17 And the man said, They have gone away from here, for they said in my hearing, Let us go to Dothan. So Joseph went after them and came up with them at Dothan.

  • Judg 19:13-17
    5 verses
    67%

    13 And he said to his servant, Come, let us go on to one of these places, stopping for the night in Gibeah or Ramah.

    14 So they went on their way; and the sun went down when they were near Gibeah in the land of Benjamin.

    15 And they went off the road there with the purpose of stopping for the night in Gibeah: and he went in, seating himself in the street of the town, for no one took them into his house for the night.

    16 Now when it was evening they saw an old man coming back from his work in the fields; he was from the hill-country of Ephraim and was living in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.

    17 And when he saw the traveller in the street of the town, the old man said, Where are you going? and where do you come from?

  • Gen 37:14
    67%

    14 And he said to him, Go now, and see if your brothers are well and how the flock is; then come back and give me word. So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

  • Gen 42:14
    67%

    14 And Joseph said, It is as I said; you have come with some secret purpose;

  • 2 Kgs 23:17
    67%

    17 What is that headstone I see over there? And the men of the town said to him, It is the resting-place of the man of God who came from Judah and gave word of all these things which you have done to the altar of Beth-el.

  • Amos 5:6
    67%

    6 Go to the Lord for help so that you may have life; for fear that he may come like fire bursting out in the family of Joseph, causing destruction, and there will be no one to put it out in Beth-el.

  • Judg 18:2
    67%

    2 So the children of Dan sent five men from among their number, strong men, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to take a look at the land and make a search through it; and they said to them, Go and make a search through the land; and they came to the hill-country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, where they made a stop for the night.

  • Gen 35:15
    67%

    15 And he gave to the place where God had been talking with him, the name of Beth-el.

  • Judg 1:35
    67%

    35 For the Amorites would go on living in Mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim; but the children of Joseph became stronger than they, and put them to forced work.

  • Gen 13:3
    67%

    3 And travelling on from the South, he came to Beth-el, to the place where his tent had been before, between Beth-el and Ai;

  • Deut 1:24
    66%

    24 And they went up into the hill-country and came to the valley of Eshcol, and saw what was there.

  • Judg 17:7
    66%

    7 Now there was a young man living in Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah and a Levite, who was not a townsman of the place.

  • Gen 43:17
    66%

    17 Now the men were full of fear because they had been taken into Joseph's house and they said, It is because of the money which was put back in our bags the first time; he is looking for something against us, so that he may come down on us and take us and our asses for his use.

  • Gen 35:1
    66%

    1 And God said to Jacob, Go up now to Beth-el and make your living-place there: and put up an altar there to the God who came to you when you were in flight from your brother Esau.

  • Gen 42:9
    66%

    9 Then the memory of his dreams about them came back to Joseph, and he said to them, You have come secretly to see how poor the land is.