Judges 1:24

22 And the¹ house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, ^aand the Lord was with them.

23 So the¹ house of Joseph ^asent men to spy out Bethel. (The name of the city was formerly ^bLuz.)

24 And when the spies saw a man coming out of the city, they said to him, “Please show us the entrance to the city, and ^awe will show you mercy.”

25 So he showed them the entrance to the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man and all his family go.

26 And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.

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Judges 1:24

Show us - the entrance into the city - Taken in whatever light we choose, the conduct of this man was execrable. He was a traitor to his country, and he was accessary to the destruction of the lives and property of his fellow citizens, which he most sinfully betrayed, in order to save his own. According to the rules and laws of war, the children of Judah might avail themselves of such men and their information; but this does not lessen, on the side of this traitor, the turpitude of the action.

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