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From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.
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From the Negev he went from place to place until he came to Bethel, to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had been earlier
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Jacob’s Dream at Bethel
Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Harran.
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He called that place Bethel, though the city used to be called Luz.
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I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and where you made a vow to me. Now leave this land at once and go back to your native land.’”
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Jacob Returns to Bethel
Then God said to Jacob, “Go up to Bethel and settle there, and build an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your brother Esau.”
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Then come, let us go up to Bethel, where I will build an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and who has been with me wherever I have gone.”
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Jacob and all the people with him came to Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.
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There he built an altar, and he called the place El Bethel, because it was there that God revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.
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Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak outside Bethel. So it was named Allon Bakuth.
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Jacob called the place where God had talked with him Bethel.
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The Deaths of Rachel and Isaac
Then they moved on from Bethel. While they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth and had great difficulty.
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Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth Aven to the east of Bethel, and told them, “Go up and spy out the region.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.
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Then Joshua sent them off, and they went to the place of ambush and lay in wait between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai—but Joshua spent that night with the people.
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Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.
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Not a man remained in Ai or Bethel who did not go after Israel. They left the city open and went in pursuit of Israel.
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the king of Jericho one the king of Ai (near Bethel) one
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the king of Makkedah one the king of Bethel one
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Allotment for Ephraim and Manasseh
The allotment for Joseph began at the Jordan, east of the springs of Jericho, and went up from there through the desert into the hill country of Bethel.
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It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz), crossed over to the territory of the Arkites in Ataroth,
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From there it crossed to the south slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth Addar on the hill south of Lower Beth Horon.
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Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
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Now the tribes of Joseph attacked Bethel, and the Lord was with them.
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When they sent men to spy out Bethel (formerly called Luz),
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She held court under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went up to her to have their disputes decided.
