Matthew 2:5 - Tree of Life Version

So they told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it has been written by the prophet:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judæa: for thus it is written by the prophet,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

They replied to him, In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:

American Standard Version (1901)

And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judæa: for thus it is written through the prophet,

Common English Bible

They said, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for this is what the prophet wrote:

Catholic Public Domain Version

And they said to him: "In Bethlehem of Judea. For so it has been written by the prophet:

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But they said to him: In Bethlehem of Juda. For so it is written by the prophet:

Matthew 2:5 Cross References

Genesis 35:19

Then Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

Matthew 2:1

Now after Yeshua was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of King Herod, magi from the east came to Jerusalem,

Matthew 2:4

And when he had called together all the ruling kohanim and Torah scholars, he began to inquire of them where the Messiah was to be born.

John 7:42

Didn’t the Scripture say that the Messiah comes from the seed of David and from Bethlehem, David’s town?”

Joshua 19:15

Included also were Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah and Bethlehem—12 towns with their villages.

Judges 17:7

Now there was a young man from Bethlehem of Judah—of the clan of Judah—who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

Ruth 1:1

It came to pass in the days when judges were governing, there was a famine in the land. A man went from the town of Bethlehem in Judah to dwell in the region of Moab with his wife and his two sons.

Ruth 1:19

So the two of them went on until they arrived in Bethlehem. As soon as they arrived in Bethlehem the whole city was excited because of them, and the women asked, “Is this Naomi?”

Ruth 2:4

Soon after Boaz arrived from Bethlehem, he said to the harvesters, “Adonai be with you.” They replied, “May Adonai bless you.”

Ruth 4:11

All the people at the gate and the elders said, “We are witnesses. May Adonai make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, who both built up the house of Israel. May you prosper in Ephrath and be renowned in Bethlehem.

1 Samuel 16:1

Now Adonai said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse the Beth-lehemite, for I have selected for Myself a king among his sons.”