Joshua 16:2 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 16:2

It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz) and proceeded to the border of the Archites in Ataroth.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

and it went out from Beth-el to Luz, and passed along unto the border of the Archites to Ataroth;

KJV

And goeth out from Beth–el to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

From Bethel to Luz - From Gen 28:19 (note) it appears that the place which Jacob called Beth-el was formerly called Luz; see the note there: but here they seem to be two distinct places. It is very likely that the place where Jacob had the vision was not in Luz, but in some place within a small distance of that city or village, (see the note on Gen 28:12), and that sometimes the whole place was called Beth-el, at other times Luz, and sometimes, as in the case above, the two places were distinguished.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְיָצָ֥א	ve.ya.Tza'	and it goes out	H3318 →
מִבֵּֽית־	mi.beit-	from Beth-	H1008 →
אֵ֖ל	'el	-el	H1008 →
ל֑וּזָה	Lu.zah	Luz towards	H3870 →
וְעָבַ֛ר	ve.'a.Var	and it passes on	H5674 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
גְּב֥וּל	ge.Vul	[the] border of	H1366 →
הָאַרְכִּ֖י	ha.'ar.Ki	the Arkite[s]	H757 →
עֲטָרֽוֹת׃	a.ta.Rot	Ataroth	H5852 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 28:19
and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
leads to
- Hosea 12:4–5
  Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there—
- Genesis 48:3
  Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me
- Genesis 35:1
  Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”
- 1 Kings 12:29
  One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan.
- Genesis 12:8
  From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD,…
Through
1 Chronicles 27:33
Ahithophel was the king’s counselor. Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend.
leads to
- 2 Samuel 15:12
  While Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, to come from his hometown of Giloh. So the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept increasing.
- 2 Samuel 15:37
  So David’s friend Hushai arrived in Jerusalem just as Absalom was entering the city.
Through
Joshua 18:13
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.
leads to
- Genesis 28:19
  and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.