Micah 5:2

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Bethlehem Ephrathah, you are small among the clans of Judah; one will come from you to be ruler over Israel for me. His origin  is from antiquity, from ancient times.

Cross References

Matthew 2:6

And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah: Because out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’  ,

John 7:42

Doesn’t the Scripture  say that the Messiah comes from David’s  offspring  and from the town of Bethlehem,  where David lived? ’

Isaiah 11:1

Then a shoot will grow from the stump of Jesse, and a branch  from his roots will bear fruit.

Zechariah 9:9

Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout in triumph, Daughter Jerusalem! Look, your King is coming to you; he is righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

Genesis 49:10

The sceptre will not depart from Judah or the staff from between his feet until he whose right it is comes  , and the obedience of the peoples belongs to him.

Colossians 1:17

He is before all things, and by him all things  hold together.

Revelation 19:16

And he has a name written on his robe and on his thigh: King of Kings and L ord of L ords.

1 Samuel 17:12

Now David was the son of the Ephrathite  from Bethlehem of Judah named Jesse. Jesse had eight sons  and during Saul’s reign was already an old man.

Genesis 48:7

When I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died along the way,  some distance from Ephrath in the land of Canaan. I buried her there along the way to Ephrath’ (that is, Bethlehem).

1 John 1:1

What was from the beginning,  what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have observed and have touched with our hands, concerning the word  of life #– #

Hebrews 13:8

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and for ever.

Matthew 28:18

Jesus came near and said to them, ‘All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.

Ruth 4:11

All the people who were at the city gate, including the elders, said, ‘We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is entering your house like Rachel and Leah,  who together built the house of Israel. May you be powerful in Ephrathah and your name well known in Bethlehem.

Genesis 35:19

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

Hebrews 7:14

Now it is evident that our Lord came from Judah,  and Moses said nothing about that tribe concerning priests.

Amos 9:11

In that day I will restore the fallen shelter  of David: I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old,

Jeremiah 30:21

Jacob’s leader will be one of them; his ruler will issue from him. I will invite him to me, and he will approach me, for who would otherwise risk his life to approach me? This is the  Lord’s declaration.

Isaiah 53:2

He grew up before him like a young plant and like a root out of dry ground. He didn’t have an impressive form or majesty that we should look at him, no appearance that we should desire him.

1 Samuel 10:19

But today you have rejected your God,  who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions. You said to him, “You  must set a king over us.”  Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and clans.’

Luke 23:38

An inscription was above him:  This Is the King of the Jews.

Luke 23:2

They began to accuse him, saying, ‘We found this man misleading our nation, opposing payment of taxes  to Caesar, and saying that he himself is the Messiah, a king.’

1 Chronicles 5:2

Although Judah became strong among his brothers  and a ruler came from him,  the birthright was given to Joseph.

1 Chronicles 4:4

Penuel fathered Gedor, and Ezer fathered Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, Ephrathah’s firstborn and the father of Bethlehem:

Exodus 18:21

But you should select from all the people able men, God-fearing, trustworthy, and hating dishonest profit.  Place them over the people as commanders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.

Revelation 21:6

Then he said to me, ‘It is done!  I am the Alpha and the Omega,  the beginning and the end.  I will freely give to the thirsty  from the spring of the water of life.

Revelation 2:8

‘Write to the angel of the church in Smyrna: Thus says the First and the Last,   the one who was dead and came to life:

1 Chronicles 2:54

Salma’s descendants: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites,

1 Samuel 23:23

Investigate  all the places where he hides. Then come back to me with accurate information, and I’ll go with you. If it turns out he really is in the region, I’ll search for him among all the clans  of Judah.’

1 Samuel 17:18

Also take these ten portions of cheese to the field commander.  Check on the well-being of your brothers  and bring a token from them.

Deuteronomy 1:15

‘So I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and respected men, and set them over you as leaders: commanders for thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, and officers for your tribes.

1 Samuel 8:12

He can appoint them for his use as commanders of thousands or commanders of fifties,  to plough his ground and reap his harvest, or to make his weapons of war and the equipment for his chariots.

Exodus 18:25

So Moses chose able men from all Israel and made them leaders over the people as commanders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.

Matthew 2:1

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, wise men from the east arrived in Jerusalem,

Genesis 35:16

They set out from Bethel. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labour was difficult.

Judges 17:7

There was a young man, a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who was staying within the clan of Judah.

Ruth 1:1

During the time  of the judges,  there was a famine in the land.  A man left Bethlehem  in Judah with his wife and two sons to stay in the territory of Moab for a while.

Isaiah 55:4

Since I have made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples,

Hosea 6:3

Let’s strive to know the  Lord. His appearance is as sure as the dawn. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the land.

Zechariah 13:7

Sword, awake against my shepherd, against the man who is my associate – this is the declaration of the  Lord of Armies. Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones.

Isaiah 7:14

Therefore, the Lord himself will give you  a sign: See, the virgin will conceive,  have a son, and name him Immanuel.  ,

Micah 4:10

Writhe and cry out,  , Daughter Zion, like a woman in labour, for now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued; there the Lord will redeem you from the grasp of your enemies!