Luz
Town · today Beitin
Location likely About 16 km (10 miles, 90 furlongs) north of Jerusalem
Luz in the Bible Dictionary · Another Luz (town · Judges 1:26)
Named in 6 Verses
- Genesis 28:19 And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.
- Genesis 35:6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.
- Genesis 48:3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
- Joshua 16:2 And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,
- Joshua 18:13 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Bethhoron.
- Judges 1:23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)
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