Luz

Luz is a settlement named in 6 verses of the Bible. It is most likely another name for Bethel (high confidence).

Location

Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.

Verses

Genesis

• Genesis 28:19
  And he called the name of that place Beth–el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
• Genesis 35:6
  So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Beth–el, he and all the people that were with him.So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.
• Genesis 48:3
  And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me

Joshua

• Joshua 16:2
  And goeth out from Beth–el to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz) and proceeded to the border of the Archites in Ataroth.
• Joshua 18:13
  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.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.

Judges

• Judges 1:23
  And the house of Joseph sent to descry Beth–el. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)They sent spies to Bethel (formerly known as Luz),

Notes

1. Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
2. Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.