Mary was engaged to Joseph and traveled with him to Bethlehem. She was soon going to have a baby,
About that time Emperor Augustus gave orders for the names of all the people to be listed in record books.
Everyone had to go to their own hometown to be listed.
So Joseph had to leave Nazareth in Galilee and go to Bethlehem in Judea. Long ago Bethlehem had been King David's hometown, and Joseph went there because he was from David's family.
and while they were there,