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'''Luz''' is the name of two places in the [[Bible]].
* The ancient name of a royal [[Canaan]]ite city, connected with [[Bethel]] (Gen. 28:19; 35:6). It is debated among scholars whether Luz and Bethel represent one and the same town - the former the Canannite name, the latter the [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] name - or whether they were distinct places, though in proximity to each other.
* A town in the north, founded (Judg. 1:26) by "a man who came forth out of the city of Luz". It is identified by some with [[Luweiziyeh]], 4 miles northwest of [[Banias]].
* There is a small bone in the body at the base of the spinal column called the Luz bone (some identify this bone as the [[coccyx]]) from which the body will be rebuilt at the time of [[resurrection]] according to [[Muslims]] and [[Jews]] who share the belief that this bone does not decay . Muslims books refer to this bone as "^Ajbu al-Thanab" --(عَجْبُ الذَّنَب). Rabbi Joshua Ben Hananiah replied to [[Hadrian]], as to how man revived in the world to come, "From Luz, in the back-bone."
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