Bible verse
So the man showed them the entrance to the city, and they put the city to the sword but released that man and all his family.
Judges 1:25 · BSB
The verses around it, from Judges 1.
21 The Benjamites, however, failed to drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the Benjamites.
22 The house of Joseph also attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them.
23 They sent spies to Bethel (formerly known as Luz),
24 and when the spies saw a man coming out of the city, they said to him, “Please show us how to get into the city, and we will treat you kindly.”
25 So the man showed them the entrance to the city, and they put the city to the sword but released that man and all his family.
26 And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.
27 At that time Manasseh failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and their villages; for the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land.
28 When Israel became stronger, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor, but they never drove them out completely.
29 Ephraim also failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer; so the Canaanites continued to dwell among them in Gezer.
KJV
And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.
ASV
And he showed them the entrance into the city; and they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man go and all his family.
ERV
And he shewed them the entrance into the city, and they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man go and all his family.
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