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Judges 1:24

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The watchers saw a man come out of the city, and they said to him, “Please show us the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with you.”

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Judges 1:24 in other translations

And the watchers saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with thee.

Judges 1:24 · American Standard Version

Judges 1:24 in context

  1. 22The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and Yahweh was with them.
  2. 23The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (The name of the city before that was Luz.)
  3. 24The watchers saw a man come out of the city, and they said to him, “Please show us the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with you.”
  4. 25He showed them the entrance into the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man and all his family go.
  5. 26The man went into the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.