Judges 1:23

WEB

²³The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (The name of the city before that was Luz.)

KJV

²³And the house of Joseph sent to descry Beth-el. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)

BSB

²³They sent spies to Bethel (formerly known as Luz),

FBV

²³They sent spies to investigate Bethel, which was previously known as Luz.

Extra References

Genesis 28:19

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

Genesis 48:3

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

Genesis 35:6

⁶So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.

Joshua 7:2

²Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth Aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, “Go up and spy out the land.” The men went up and spied out Ai.

¹Joshua the son of Nun secretly sent two men out of Shittim as spies, saying, “Go, view the land, including Jericho.” They went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and slept there.

Judges 18:2

²The children of Dan sent five men of their family from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land and to search it. They said to them, “Go, explore the land!” They came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.