Matthew 2:5

World Messianic Bible British Edition

They said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for this is written through the prophet,

Cross References

Genesis 35:19

Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath (also called Bethlehem).

Matthew 2:1

Now when Yeshua was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,

Matthew 2:4

Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Messiah would be born.

John 7:42

Hasn’t the Scripture said that the Messiah comes of the offspring of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”

Joshua 19:15

Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.

Judges 17:7

There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he lived there.

Ruth 1:1

In the days when the judges judged, there was a famine in the land. A certain man of Bethlehem Judah went to live in the country of Moab with his wife and his two sons.

Ruth 1:19

So they both went until they came to Bethlehem. When they had come to Bethlehem, all the city was excited about them, and they asked, “Is this Naomi?”

Ruth 2:4

Behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, “May the LORD be with you.” They answered him, “May the LORD bless you.”

Ruth 4:11

All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which both built the house of Israel; and treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem.

1 Samuel 16:1

The LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided a king for myself amongst his sons.”