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Judges 1:24 Explained in Context
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Verse 24. 24And 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.
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This verse records the scouts' bargain of mercy for access information.
Read It With
- Judges 1:22–26
Read Judges 1:22–26 together. This verse records the scouts' bargain of mercy for access information. The house of Joseph's reconnaissance, promise of mercy, capture of Bethel, release of one household, and construction of another Luz make one complete city episode; verse 27 begins a long failure list.
Read Judges 1:22–26 together
Why these verses belong together: The house of Joseph's reconnaissance, promise of mercy, capture of Bethel, release of one household, and construction of another Luz make one complete city episode; verse 27 begins a long failure list.
Verse 22. 22 And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el: and the LORD was with them.
Verse 23. 23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry Beth-el. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)
Verse 24. 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.
Verse 25. 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.
Verse 26. 26 And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day.
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Read Judges 1:22–26 — Joseph takes Bethel through an informantSources used for this context pointer
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Exact location: Judges 1:22–26, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
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