But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
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Matthew 2:1 · 20 connections
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Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) …
End of linked passage: Luke 2:7For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust. …
End of linked passage: Psalms 72:12And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. …
End of linked passage: Daniel 9:25For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; …
End of linked passage: Haggai 2:9And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.
And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. …
End of linked passage: Isaiah 60:22There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.
His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
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