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Judges 1:23

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

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  1. Judges 1:21

    And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.

  2. Judges 1:22

    And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth–el: and the Lord was with them.

  3. Judges 1:24

    And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy.

  4. Judges 1:25

    And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.