The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from King James Bible: that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of
Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.
JDG 1:22 And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and
the LORD was with them.
JDG 1:23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name
of the city before was Luz.)
JDG 1:24 And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they
said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we
will shew thee mercy.
JDG 1:25 And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote
the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his
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