Judges 1:23
World English Bible
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20 They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had spoken: and he drove out there the three sons of Anak.
21 The children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.
22 The house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel; and Yahweh was with them.
23 The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)
24 The watchers saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said to him, Show us, we pray you, the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with you.
25 He showed them the entrance into the city; and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man go and all his family.
26 The man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name of it Luz, which is the name of it to this day.