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[1]NOW when Jeshu was born in Beth-lechem of Jehuda, in the days of Herodes the king, there came Magiansⓘ from the East to Urishlem:
[2]And they said, Where is the king of the Jewsⓘ who is born? for we have seen his star in the east, and have come to worship him.
[3]But Herodes the king heard, and was troubled, and all Urishlem with him.
[4]And he assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, and anxiously inquired of them where the Meshicha should be born.
[5]But they said, In Beth-lechem of Jehuda; for so it is written in the prophet:
[6]Also thou, Beth-lechem of Jehuda, wast not the least among the kings of Jehuda; for from thee shall come forth the king who shall be as a shepherd to my people Isroel.
[7]Then Herodes privately called the Magians, and learned from them at what time the star appeared to them:
[8]And he sent them to Beth-lechem, and said to them, Go and inquire diligently concerning the child; and when you have found him, come, show me, and I also will go and will worship him.
[9]But they, when they had heard the king, went forth; and, lo, the star, which they had seen in the east, proceeded before them, until it came and stood over against where the child was.
[10]Now when they saw the star, they rejoiced with very great joy.
[11]And they entered the house, and beheld the child with Mariam his mother; and they fell down, and worshipped him. And they opened their treasures, and offered unto him oblations; gold, and myrrh, and frankincense.
[12]And it was shown to them in a dream, that they should not return unto Herodes; so, by another way, they went unto their place.
[13]AND when they were gone, the angel of the Lord appeared in a dream unto Jauseph, and said to him, Arise, take the child and his mother, and flee into Metsreen, and there be until I tell thee; for it will be that Herodes will seek the child, that he may destroy him.
[14]Then Jauseph arose, took up the child and his mother, and fled by night into Metsreen,
[15]And was there until the death of Herodes. That it might be fulfilled which was spoken from the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Metsreen have I called my son.
[16]Then Herodes, when he saw that he had been deluded by the Magians, was greatly wroth, and sent [and] killed all the children of Beth-lechem, and all its limits, from two years and under, [a son of two years] according to the time which he had inquired from the Magians.
[17]Then was fulfilled what was spoken by Eramio the prophet, who said,
[18]A cry was heard in Rometha; weeping and great lamentation; Rochel weeping for her children, and not willing to be comforted, because they are not.
[19]BUT when Herodes, the king, was dead, the angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Jauseph in Metsreen,
[20]And said to him, Arise, take the child and his mother, and go into the land of Isroel; for they are dead who sought the life of the child.
[21]And Jauseph arose, [and] took the child and his mother, and came into the land of Isroel.
[22]But when he heard that Arkelaos was the king in Jehud, instead of Herodes his father, he was afraid to go thither: and it was shown to him in a dream, that he should go into the region of Galila.
[23]And he came and dwelt in a city which is called Natsrath. So would be fulfilled that which was spoken by the prophet, that a Nazareneⓘ he should be called.
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