Joshua 18:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“From there the border crossed over to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth-addar on the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.”
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“From there the border crossed over to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth-addar on the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Beth–el, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth–adar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth–horon.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the border passed along from thence to Luz, to the side of Luz (the same is Beth-el), southward; and the border went down to Ataroth-addar, by the mountain that lieth on the south of Beth-horon the nether.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and the border hath gone over thence to Luz, unto the side of Luz (it <FI>is<Fi> Beth-El) southward, and the border hath gone down <FI>to<Fi> Atroth-Addar, by the hill that <FI>is<Fi> on the south of the lower Beth-Horon;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Joshua 18:13 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 28:19and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
- Joshua 10:11As they fled before Israel along the descent from Beth-horon to Azekah, the LORD cast down on them large hailstones from the sky, and more of them were killed by the hailstones than by the swords of the Israelites.
- Joshua 16:2It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz) and proceeded to the border of the Archites in Ataroth.
- Joshua 16:3Then it descended westward to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon and on to Gezer, and it ended at the Sea.
- Joshua 16:5This was the territory of the descendants of Ephraim by their clans: The border of their inheritance went from Ataroth-addar in the east to Upper Beth-horon
- Joshua 18:22Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz, Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
- Joshua 21:22Kibzaim, and Beth-horon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
- Judges 1:22The house of Joseph also attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them.
- Nehemiah 11:31The descendants of Benjamin from Geba lived in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel with its villages;
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