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LUZ

(Heb. lûz)

1. The site of Jacob’s ladder dream. Jacob used a stone as a pillow, and when he awoke, he anointed the stone with oil and called it Bethel, “house of God” (Gen. 28:10-22; cf. 35:6; 48:3; Josh. 18:13; Judg. 1:23). Josh. 16:2 suggests that two distinct sites are intended, but most likely the two names designate a single place. Most scholars identify Luz/Bethel with modern Beitîn (172148). Others have suggested el-Bireh, ca. 3 km. (2 mi.) S of Beitîn.

2. A place established in the land of the Hittites by one who escaped Canaanite Luz/Bethel, having supplied the Israelites with information of how to capture that city (Judg. 1:26). The modern identification of this site is unknown. Once thought to be in Syria NE of the Orontes, it may simply have been a short distance W of Luz/Bethel.

Bibliography. J. J. Bimson and D. Livingstone, “Redating the Exodus,” BARev 13/5 (1987): 40-53, 66-68; N. K. Gottwald, The Tribes of Yahweh (Maryknoll, 1979).

Dale W. Manor

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LUZ

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)