Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Luz?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Luweizeh.

First appears in Judges 1:26 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Luweizeh.

Luz is represented in the local geography layer as Luweizeh. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Judges 1:26 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Damascus

About 72 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 78 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 79 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 87 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 135 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Luz today

Travel to Luz, the modern-day Luweizeh.

Luz is commonly identified with Luweizeh, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Luz is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Luweizeh

33.460°N · 35.536°E

Key passages

Appears in

Judges

1 chapter · 1 verse mention