Judges 1:23

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The house of Joseph spied out Bethel, which had previously been called Luz.

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  • Gen 28:19 : 19 He called the name of that place Bethel, but previously the name of the city was called Luz.
  • Gen 35:6 : 6 Jacob and all the people with him came to Luz (that is Bethel) in the land of Canaan.
  • Gen 48:3 : 3 Jacob said to Joseph, 'God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.'
  • Josh 2:1 : 1 Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two men as spies from Shittim, saying, "Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho." They went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.
  • Josh 7:2 : 2 Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-Aven to the east of Bethel, and said to them, "Go up and scout out the land." So the men went up and explored Ai.
  • Judg 18:2 : 2 The Danites sent five men from their clans, strong and valiant men from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. They said to them, 'Go and explore the land.' When they came to the hill country of Ephraim, to Micah's house, they stayed there for the night.

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  • Judg 1:22
    85%

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

  • Judg 1:24-26
    3 verses
    83%

    24The spies saw a man coming out of the city and said to him, "Please show us how to enter the city, and we will treat you kindly."

    25He showed them the way into the city, and they struck the city with the sword but let the man and his family go free.

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

  • Gen 28:19
    79%

    19He called the name of that place Bethel, but previously the name of the city was called Luz.

  • Gen 35:6-7
    2 verses
    76%

    6Jacob and all the people with him came to Luz (that is Bethel) in the land of Canaan.

    7There he built an altar and named the place El Bethel (God of Bethel), because it was there that God revealed Himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.

  • Josh 16:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1The lot for the sons of Joseph went out from the Jordan at Jericho, eastward to the waters of Jericho, into the wilderness, and ascended from Jericho through the hill country to Bethel.

    2It went out from Bethel to Luz, passed over to the territory of the Archite at Ataroth.

  • Josh 7:2
    71%

    2Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-Aven to the east of Bethel, and said to them, "Go up and scout out the land." So the men went up and explored Ai.

  • Gen 48:3
    71%

    3Jacob said to Joseph, 'God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.'

  • Josh 18:13
    70%

    13From there, the boundary crossed over to Luz, to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel). Then it went down to Ataroth-addar on the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.

  • Josh 2:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two men as spies from Shittim, saying, "Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho." They went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.

    2Soon the king of Jericho was told, "Some men from the Israelites have come here tonight to spy out the land."

  • Josh 18:22
    68%

    22Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, and Bethel,

  • Gen 46:28
    68%

    28Jacob sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When they arrived in the land of Goshen,

  • Deut 1:22
    68%

    22Then all of you approached me and said, 'Let us send men ahead of us to explore the land and bring back a report about the route we should take and the cities we will come to.'

  • Gen 37:17
    68%

    17The man said, "They have moved on from here, for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.'" So Joseph went after his brothers and found them in Dothan.

  • Judg 19:13-17
    5 verses
    67%

    13He said to his servant, "Come, let us approach one of these places and spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah."

    14So they passed on and continued their journey. The sun set as they came near Gibeah, which belongs to the tribe of Benjamin.

    15They turned aside there to go in and spend the night in Gibeah. When they went in, they sat in the town square, but no one took them into their house to spend the night.

    16In the evening, an old man came in from his work in the field. He was from the hill country of Ephraim and was staying temporarily in Gibeah, though the people of the place were Benjaminites.

    17When he looked up and saw the traveler in the town square, the old man asked, "Where are you going, and where have you come from?"

  • Gen 37:14
    67%

    14So Israel said to him, "Go now and see if everything is well with your brothers and with the flock, and bring me back a report." Then he sent him from the Valley of Hebron, and Joseph went to Shechem.

  • Gen 42:14
    67%

    14But Joseph said to them, 'It is just as I said: You are spies!

  • 2 Kgs 23:17
    67%

    17He asked, 'What is this monument that I see?’ The men of the city replied, 'It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things that you have done to the altar at Bethel.'

  • Amos 5:6
    67%

    6Seek the Lord and live, or he will rush like fire against the house of Joseph; it will consume everything, and there will be no one to quench it for Bethel.

  • Judg 18:2
    67%

    2The Danites sent five men from their clans, strong and valiant men from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. They said to them, 'Go and explore the land.' When they came to the hill country of Ephraim, to Micah's house, they stayed there for the night.

  • Gen 35:15
    67%

    15Jacob called the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.

  • Judg 1:35
    67%

    35The Amorites were determined to remain in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. However, the hand of the house of Joseph grew stronger, and the Amorites were subjected to forced labor.

  • Gen 13:3
    67%

    3He journeyed from the Negev as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai.

  • Deut 1:24
    66%

    24They set out and went up into the hill country, and they came to the Valley of Eshkol and explored it.

  • Judg 17:7
    66%

    7There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, from the family of Judah. He was a Levite, and he was residing there temporarily.

  • Gen 43:17
    66%

    17The steward did as Joseph said and brought the men to Joseph's house.

  • Gen 35:1
    66%

    1God said to Jacob, "Get up, go to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau."

  • Gen 42:9
    66%

    9Then Joseph remembered the dreams he had dreamed about them, and he said to them, 'You are spies! You have come to see the weakness of the land.'