21. But the people of Benjamin could not make the Jebusite people leave Jerusalem. Since that time the Jebusites have lived with the Benjaminites in Jerusalem.
22. The men of Joseph went to fight against the city of Bethel. The Lord was on their side.
23. They sent some spies to Bethel. (Bethel used to be called Luz.)
24. The spies saw a man coming out of the city. They said to him, “Show us a way into the city. If you help us, we will be kind to you.”
25. The man showed the spies the way into the city. The men of Joseph killed the people in Bethel. But the man who helped them and his family were allowed to go free.
26. He went to the land where the Hittite people lived, and he built a city. He named the city Luz, and it is called that today.