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Judges 1:24

24 The spies saw a man leaving the city and said to him, "Show us a way into the city and we'll treat you well."

Judges 1:24 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 1:24

And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city
Or "the keepers" F18; those that were sent to watch, and observe, and get what intelligence they could of the city, and the way into it:

and they said unto him, show us, we pray, thee, the entrance into the
city;
not the gate or gates of it, which no doubt were visible enough, but some private way into it; the Jews, as before observed, think the entrance was by the way of a cave, or some hidden passage, of which Jarchi and Kimchi make mention:

and we will show thee mercy;
give him a reward for it, or spare him and his family when the city came into their hands.


FOOTNOTES:

F18 (Myrmvh) "custodes", Pagninus, Montanus; "observatores", Vatablus, Drusius, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Judges 1:24 In-Context

22 The house of Joseph went up to attack Bethel. God was with them.
23 Joseph sent out spies to look the place over. Bethel used to be known as Luz.
24 The spies saw a man leaving the city and said to him, "Show us a way into the city and we'll treat you well."
25 The man showed them a way in. They killed everyone in the city but the man and his family.
26 The man went to Hittite country and built a city. He named it Luz; that's its name to this day.
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