Matthew 2:5 - The Scriptures 2009

⁵ And they said to him, “In Bĕyth Leḥem of Yehuḏah, for thus it has been written by the prophet,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judæa: for thus it is written by the prophet,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ They replied to him, In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judæa: for thus it is written through the prophet,

Common English Bible

⁵ They said, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for this is what the prophet wrote:

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ And they said to him: "In Bethlehem of Judea. For so it has been written by the prophet:

Matthew 2:5 Cross References

John 7:42

“Did not the Scripture say that the Messiah comes from the seed of Dawiḏ and from the village of Bĕyth Leḥem, where Dawiḏ was?”

Ruth 1:1

And it came to be, in the days when the rulers ruled, that there was a scarcity of food in the land. And a man from Bĕyth Leḥem, Yehuḏah, went to sojourn in the fields of Mo’aḇ, he and his wife and his two sons.

1 Samuel 16:1

And יהוה said to Shemu’ĕl, “How long are you going to mourn for Sha’ul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Yisra’ĕl? Fill your horn with oil, and go, I am sending you to Yishai the Bĕyth Leḥemite. For I have seen among his sons a sovereign for Myself.”

Ruth 2:4

And see, Bo‛az had come from Bĕyth Leḥem, and said to the reapers, “יהוה be with you!” And they answered him, “יהוה bless you!”

Ruth 4:11

And all the people who were at the gate, and the elders, said, “Witnesses! יהוה make the woman who is coming to your house as Raḥĕl and as Lĕ’ah, the two who built the house of Yisra’ĕl. And prove your worth in Ephrathah and proclaim the Name in Bĕyth Leḥem.

Ruth 1:19

And both of them went until they came to Bĕyth Leḥem. And it came to be, when they had come to Bĕyth Leḥem, that all the city was moved because of them, and they said, “Is this Na‛omi?”

Joshua 19:15

also Qattath, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Yiḏalah, and Bĕyth Leḥem – twelve cities with their villages.

Genesis 35:19

So Raḥĕl died and was buried on the way to Ephrath, that is Bĕyth Leḥem.

Matthew 2:1

And יהושע having been born in Bĕyth Leḥem of Yehuḏah in the days of Herodes the sovereign, see, Magi from the east came to Yerushalayim,

Matthew 2:4

And having gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born.

Judges 17:7

And there was a young man from Bĕyth Leḥem in Yehuḏah, of the clan of Yehuḏah. And he was a Lĕwite, and he was sojourning there.