Luz
City
The ancient name of a royal Canaanitish city near the site of Bethel (Gen. 28:19; 35:6), on the border of Benjamin (Josh. 18:13). Here Jacob halted, and had a prophetic vision.
Named in 6 verses
- Genesis 28:19 He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
- Genesis 35:6 So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.
- Genesis 48:3 Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
- Joshua 16:2 It went out from Bethel to Luz, and passed along to the border of the Archites to Ataroth;
- Joshua 18:13 The border passed along from there to Luz, to the side of Luz (also called Bethel), southward. The border went down to Ataroth Addar, by the mountain that lies
- Judges 1:23 The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (The name of the city before that was Luz.)