Verse 24
Judges 1:24
Free Bible Version
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The spies saw a man leaving the town and told him, “Please show us how to get into town, and we will treat you well.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּרְאוּ֙ הַ/שֹּׁ֣מְרִ֔ים אִ֖ישׁ יוֹצֵ֣א מִן הָ/עִ֑יר וַ/יֹּ֣אמְרוּ ל֗/וֹ הַרְאֵ֤/נוּ נָא֙ אֶת מְב֣וֹא הָ/עִ֔יר וְ/עָשִׂ֥ינוּ עִמְּ/ךָ֖ חָֽסֶד
English Translation
And the guards saw a man coming out of the city, and they said to him, "Show us please the entrance to the city, and we will deal kindly with you."
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Chapter 1 Context
1
After Joshua died, the Israelites asked the Lord, “Which tribe from among us should go first and att...
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2
“Judah is to go first,” the Lord replied. “I have handed the land over to them.”
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3
The men of Judah said to their relatives of the tribe of Simeon, “Come with us to the land that has...
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4
The men of Judah attacked the Canaanites and Perizzites, and the Lord handed them over in defeat. Th...
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5
There they confronted Adoni-bezek and fought with him, defeating the Canaanites and Perizzites.
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6
Adoni-bezek ran away, but they chased after him and captured him, and then cut off his thumbs and bi...
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7
Adoni-bezek said, “I had seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off picking up left-overs...
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8
The men of Judah attacked Jerusalem and conquered it. They killed the inhabitants with the sword and...
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9
After this the men of Judah went to fight against the Canaanites living in the hill country, in the...
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10
They attacked the Canaanites who lived in Hebron (previously known as Kiriath Arba) and defeated She...
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11
From there they went on to attack the people living in Debir (previously known as Kiriath Sepher).
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12
Caleb announced, “I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage to whoever attacks and captures Kiriath...
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13
Othniel, son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, was the one who captured it, so he gave him his daug...
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14
When Acsah came to Othniel, she encouraged him to ask her father for a field. As she got off her don...
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15
“Please give me a blessing,” she replied. “You gave me land that's like the desert, so please give m...
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16
The descendants of Moses' father-in-law, the Kenite, went with the people of Judah from the city of...
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17
Then Judah joined Simeon and defeated the Canaanites living in Zephath. They completely destroyed th...
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18
Judah also captured the towns of Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron, each with its surrounding territory.
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19
The Lord was with Judah, and they took over the hill country, but they could not drive out the peopl...
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20
As Moses had stipulated, Hebron was given to Caleb, who drove out from it the descendants of three s...
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21
However, Benjamin could not drive out the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so the Jebusites...
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22
The descendants of Joseph went and attacked the town of Bethel, and the Lord was with them.
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23
They sent spies to investigate Bethel, which was previously known as Luz.
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24
The spies saw a man leaving the town and told him, “Please show us how to get into town, and we will...
25
The man showed them the way into the town, and they killed all the inhabitants except the man and hi...
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26
The man moved to the country of the Hittites, and built a town there and called it Luz, which is its...
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27
However, Manasseh didn't drive out the people living in the towns of Beth Shan, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam...
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28
When the Israelites grew stronger, they made the Canaanites do forced labor, but they never complete...
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29
Ephraim didn't drive out the Canaanites living in the town of Gezer, so the Canaanites went on livin...
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30
Zebulun didn't drive out the people living in the towns of Kitron and Nahalol, so the Canaanites wen...
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31
Asher didn't drive out the people living in the towns of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik,...
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32
Naphtali didn't drive out the people living in the towns of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath. So the peop...
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33
The Amorites pushed the people of Dan back into the hill country—they did not let them come down int...
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34
The Amorites insisted on remaining in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim, but when the tribes of Jos...
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