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Luz
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LuzisthenameoftwoplacesintheBible.

MentionedinGenesis
LuzistheancientnameofaroyalCanaanitecity,connectedwithBethel(Genesis28:1935:6).Itisdebated
amongscholars[1]whetherLuzandBethelrepresentthesametowntheformertheCanaanitename,andthelatter
theHebrewnameorwhethertheyweredistinctplacesinproximitytoeachother.

MentionedinBookofJudges
AsecondcitycalledLuz,foundedbyamanwhocamefromtheoriginalLuz,ismentionedinJudges1:22"And
thehouseofJoseph,theyalsowentupagainstBethelandtheLORDwaswiththem.23AndthehouseofJoseph
senttospyoutBethelnowthenameofthecitybeforetimewasLuz.24Andthewatcherssawamancomeforth
outofthecity,andtheysaiduntohim:'Showus,wepraythee,theentranceintothecity,andwewilldealkindly
withthee.'25Andheshowedthemtheentranceintothecity,andtheysmotethecitywiththeedgeofthesword
buttheyletthemangoandallhisfamily.26AndthemanwentintothelandoftheHittites,andbuiltacity,and
calledthenamethereofLuz,whichisthenamethereofuntothisday."
ThissecondLuzisidentifiedbysomewithLuweiziyeh,fourmilesnorthwestofBanias,intheGolanHeights.

References
1.Rashion28:17

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