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Micah names Bethlehem
Roughly seven centuries before the birth of Jesus, the prophet Micah wrote that a ruler of Israel would come from Bethlehem Ephrathah. Matthew records the scribes quoting this passage to Herod.
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New TestamentMatthew 2:6Open this recordRead the earlier witness
“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.” Read the later witness
“ ‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’” Why FaithGraph draws this line
Matthew 2:6 quotes Micah 5:2.
When Herod asks where the Christ is to be born, the chief priests and scribes answer by quoting Micah's word about Bethlehem. Matthew presents the quotation as the accepted reading of the prophecy.
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