Tanach
Shoftim 1:22-26 שופטים א׳:כ״ב-כ״ו
Part of: Chapter 1
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וַיַּעֲלוּ בֵית־יוֹסֵף גַּם־הֵם בֵּֽית־אֵל וַיהֹוָה עִמָּֽם׃
The house of Yoseif also went up, to Beis El, and Adonoy was with them.
The house of Yoseif also went up, to Beis El, and Adonoy was with them.
Rashi
וַיָּתִירוּ בֵית־יוֹסֵף בְּבֵֽית־אֵל וְשֵׁם־הָעִיר לְפָנִים לֽוּז׃
The house of Yoseif sent spies to Beis El; the city was originally called Luz.
The house of Yoseif sent spies to Beis El; the city was originally called Luz.
Rashi
ויתירו. על ידי אחרים, (תרגום:) ושלחו מאללין, ויתורו את ארץ (במדבר יג ב) נאמר במרגלים עצמן, ואלו ששלחו מרגלים נאמר בהם ויתירו:
Sent spies. Through others, they sent spies.31This is Targum Yonasan’s translation. "They spied the land"32 Bamidbar, 13:21. This refers to the spies sent by Moshe in the wilderness. is said concerning the spies themselves. However, concerning these who sent spies it is said, "they sent spies."
וַיִּרְאוּ הַשֹּׁמְרִים אִישׁ יוֹצֵא מִן־הָעִיר וַיֹּאמְרוּ לוֹ הַרְאֵנוּ נָא אֶת־מְבוֹא הָעִיר וְעָשִׂינוּ עִמְּךָ חָֽסֶד׃
The lookouts noticed a man leaving the city. They said to him, "Show us, please, the entrance to the city, and we will act kindly toward you."
The lookouts noticed a man leaving the city. They said to him, "Show us, please, the entrance to the city, and we will act kindly toward you."
Rashi
את מבוא העיר. שהיו נכנסים לה דרך המערה, ולוז אחד עומד על פי המערה ונכנסים דרך הלוז למערה:
The entrance to the city. It was entered through a cave. A hazelnut tree stood at the mouth of the cave, and they passed through the tree33The tree was hollow. They passed through the hollow section into the cave, then through the cave into the city. (Bereishis Rabah, 69:8) into the cave.
וַיַּרְאֵם אֶת־מְבוֹא הָעִיר וַיַּכּוּ אֶת־הָעִיר לְפִי־חָרֶב וְאֶת־הָאִישׁ וְאֶת־כׇּל־מִשְׁפַּחְתּוֹ שִׁלֵּֽחוּ׃
He showed them the entrance to the city, and they struck down the city by the sword; but the man and his entire family they released.
He showed them the entrance to the city, and they struck down the city by the sword; but the man and his entire family they released.
Rashi
ויראם. באצבעו:
He showed them with his finger.34If this heathen, by the mere flick of a finger, saved himself and his progeny, then certainly one who actively escorts others. (Sotah, 46:b)
וַיֵּלֶךְ הָאִישׁ אֶרֶץ הַחִתִּים וַיִּבֶן עִיר וַיִּקְרָא שְׁמָהּ לוּז הוּא שְׁמָהּ עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה׃ {פ}
The man went to the land of the Chitites. He built a city, and called it Luz—it is so entitled to this day.
The man went to the land of the Chitites. He built a city, and called it Luz—it is so entitled to this day.
Rashi
לוז. שגדלו בו אגוזים דקים, קולדר"א בלע"ז:
Luz. Small nuts grow on this. "Coudre" in old French.
הוא שמה עד היום. לא בלבלה סנחריב, ולא החריבה נבוכדנצר:
It is so entitled to this day. Sancheriv did not "jumble" it,35Sancheriv “jumbled” all the nations of the world by transporting the inhabitants of one country to another. (Yadayim, 4:3, Yeshaya, 10:13). He did the same to the inhabitants of Eretz Yisroel (Melachim 2, 17:6, 23, 24) but not to the inhabitants of Luz. and Nevuchadnetzar did not devastate it.36Sotah, 46:b.
בית אל. שנפל בגורלם (יהושע טז א), ואף על פי שפסל מיכה עמהם, שהרי מיכה משבט אפרים (שופטים יז א), נאמר כאן 'וה' עמם', הוא שאמר דניאל (דניאל ט ז): לך ה' הצדקה ולנו בושת הפנים:
Beis El which was part of their ancestral allotment. Although Michah's idol29Chapter 17, v.4 [below] relates that Michah of Mount Ephraim made a graven image and kept it at his home, where it was worshiped. Although the incident is not mentioned earlier in the text, Rashi asserts that the idol was already in existence during the conquest of Eretz Yisroel. See Rasi to 17:1. was in their possession—for Michah was from the tribe of Ephraim—it is said here, "and Adonoy was with them." Concerning this, Daniel said, "Yours, O Adonoy, is benevolence—ours is the face of humiliation."30Daniel, 9:7.