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23 And the house of Joseph spied out Bethel (the former name of the city was Luz). 24 And when the spies saw a man leaving the city,[a] they said to him, “Please show us the entrance of the city, and we will deal kindly[b] with you.” 25 So he showed them the entrance of the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword,[c] but they let go the man and all his family.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 1:24 Or “going out from the city”
  2. Judges 1:24 Or “do a loyal love”
  3. Judges 1:25 Literally “the mouth of the sword”