Joshua 8:17
8:17 No men were left in Ai or Bethel;
1 they all went out after Israel.
2 They left the city wide open and chased Israel.
Genesis 12:8
12:8 Then he moved from there to the hill country east of Bethel 3 and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and worshiped the Lord. 4
Genesis 28:19
28:19 He called that place Bethel,
5 although the former name of the town was Luz.
Jude 1:22
1:22 And have mercy on those who waver;
1 tc The LXX omits the words “or Bethel.”
2 tn Heb “who did not go out after Israel.”
3 map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.
4 tn Heb “he called in the name of the Lord.” The expression refers to worshiping the Lord through prayer and sacrifice (see Gen 4:26; 13:4; 21:33; 26:25). See G. J. Wenham, Genesis (WBC), 1:116, 281.
5 tn The name Bethel means “house of God” in Hebrew (see v. 17).