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Herod killed all of the children 2 and under in Bethlehem before Jesus grew into maturity
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Notice Matthew 2: “After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, ‘Where is the one who is born King of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him
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When Naomi"s husband and two sons died she chose to return to Bethlehem
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He told us stories of Bethlehem and entertained us with the love story of Boaz and Ruth
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Rachel, the wife of Jacob gave birth to Benjamin on the way to Bethlehem
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“When Naomi and Ruth arrived in Bethlehem, Naomi had a relative whose name was Boaz
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Micah said, “But you, Bethlehem, too little for the clans of Judah, will be the birthplace of the ruler in Israel
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As we moved slowly toward Bethlehem, a few clouds floated across the expanse and I was thankful when the sun emerged, if only for a few moments
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The donkey wasn"t interested in moving rapidly, so it was late in the day as we neared Bethlehem
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There is only one more in Bethlehem
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Later, I heard there was quite a bit of talk in Bethlehem and surrounding areas
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Though Jesus had been really good Joseph told me, by the time we reached the road that led to Bethlehem, he was starved
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“We"ve been in Bethlehem almost two years now
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He was told the prophets said the Christ would be born in Bethlehem
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When we turned toward Bethlehem, we thought it would only be a short time before we returned home
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They told Herod a baby had been born in Bethlehem and they were searching for Him
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Jacob"s wife Rachel, who had died in childbirth and was buried near Bethlehem came to mind
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As I opened the basket I had woven in Bethlehem, the small caravan that stopped near us began to stir
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Even the journey to Bethlehem to register for taxes had not been all bad
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She was still thin and had grown only an inch or so since we left on our journey to Bethlehem
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“How is the carpentry business now? Any better than when we decided to stay in Bethlehem?”
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“Just like the prophecy that said God"s son would come out of Bethlehem,” he stated in such a low voice I could barely hear
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“We discussed, months before your birth, about the prophecy that stated the Savior would be born in Bethlehem
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Jeremiah, as well as Abner, accompanied us to Bethlehem where Ruth and Matthew always had room for us
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I remembered the conversation Joseph and I held before we made the journey to Bethlehem
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that the route to crucifixion and the birthplace in Bethlehem were
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the story of the Christmas star--the Star of Bethlehem
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It was the night the dear Christ-Child came to Bethlehem
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"We have travelled far, Babouscka," they said, "and we stop to tell you of the Baby Prince born this night in Bethlehem
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" She went inside again and shut the door, and the old men journeyed on to Bethlehem without
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Bethlehem, and they travelled so far through the night that she could
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shining depths that in Bethlehem of Judea the Christ-Child was born
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Grayson Murphy was the treasurer for the League, Director of Goodyear, mining and rail companies, and on the boards of Bethlehem Steel and JP Morgan
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4 And Samuel did that which the Lord spoke, and came to Bethlehem; And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said,
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6 If your father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city, for there is a
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32 And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the tomb of his father, which was in Bethlehem; And Joab and his men went all night,
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14 And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem
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15 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!
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16 And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the
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Entering the local version of a department store, I heard the intercom filling the air with carols (“O Little Town of Bethlehem,” and so on), songs about a white Christmas, plus some really irritating stuff annually inflicted on the public using the season as an excuse
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the Eshtaulites, 54 The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites,
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sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem
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garrison was then at Bethlehem
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Bethlehem that is at the gate! 18 And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem,
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There was a mixture of politics and decrees, and the fiasco of the journey to Bethlehem
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They beheaded Saul and affixed his and his son’s bodies to the wall of Bethlehem as a symbol of the Philistines victory for all to witness
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11 And Jacob buried her in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem, and he set a pillar on her grave, which is there to this day; and the days of Rachel were forty-five years and she died
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42 And Judah they buried in the city of Benjamin opposite Bethlehem
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19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem
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7 And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem
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1 Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land; And a certain man of Bethlehem of Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons
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19 So they two went until they came to Bethlehem; And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi? 20 And she said to them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me
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21 I went out full and the Lord has brought me home again empty: why then call you me Naomi, seeing the Lord has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me? 22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab, and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest
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4 And, note, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, The Lord be with you; And they answered him, The Lord bless you
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10 Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, I have purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance, so that the name of the dead (Jew) is not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: you are witnesses this day; 11 And all the people who were inside the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses; The Lord make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel, and do you worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem; 12 And let your house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bore for Judah, of the seed which the Lord shall give you of this young woman
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11 And Jacob buried her in the way to Ephrath which is Bethlehem and he set a pillar on her grave which is there to this day; and the days of Rachel were forty-five years and she died
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4 Joseph also went up from Galilee out of the city of Nazareth into Judea to the city of David which is called Bethlehem because he was of the house and family of David
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15 It happened when the angels went away from them into the sky that the shepherds said one to another "Let's go to Bethlehem now and see this thing that has happened which the Lord has made known to us
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5 They said to him "In Bethlehem of Judea for this is written through the prophet:
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16 Then Herod when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men was exceedingly angry and sent out and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside from two years old and under according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men
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42 Hasn't the scripture said that the Christ comes of the seed of David and from Bethlehem A the village where David was?"
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This first enrolment was while Quirinius was governor of Syria; And every man went to be enrolled in his city; And Joseph went up also from Nazareth a city of Galilee to Judaea to the city of David which is called Bethlehem for he was of the house of David and of his tribe with Mary his betrothed she being with child to be enrolled there; And while she was there the days for her being delivered were accomplished; And she brought out her firstborn son; and she wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger because there was no place for them where they were staying
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23 And when the angels departed from them to Heaven the shepherds spoke to one another and said We will go to Bethlehem and see this word which has been as the Lord made known to us; And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph and the babe laid in a manger; And when they saw they reported the word which was spoken to them about the child; And all that heard wondered at the description which the shepherds described to them; But Mary kept these sayings and discriminated them in her heart; And those shepherds returned magnifying and praising God for all that they had seen and heard according as it was described to them
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They said In Bethlehem of Judaea: so it is written in the prophet 6 You also Bethlehem of Judah Are not contemptible among the kings of Judah: From you shall go out a king And he shall be a shepherd to my people Israel
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7 Then Herod called the Magi secretly and inquired of them the time at which 8 the star appeared to them; And he sent them to Bethlehem and said to them Go and search about the child diligently; and when you have found him come and 9 make known to me so that I also may go and worship him; And they when they heard the king departed; and note the star which they had seen in the east went before them until it came and stood above the place where the child 10 was; And when they beheld the star they rejoiced with very great joy; And they entered the house and beheld the child with Mary his mother and fell down worshipping him and opened their saddle-bags and offered to him offerings gold and myrrh and frankincense; And they saw in a dream a that they should not return to Herod and they travelled by another way in going to their country
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13 And when they had departed the angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph and said to him Rise take the child and his mother and flee into Egypt and be you there until I speak to you; for Herod is determined to seek the child to kill him; And Joseph arose and took the child and his mother in the night and fled into Egypt and remained in it until the time of the death of Herod: that that might be fulfilled which was said by the Lord in the prophet which said From Egypt did I call my son; And Herod then when he saw that he was mocked of the Magi was very angry and sent and killed all the male children which were in Bethlehem and all its borders from two years old and under according to the time which he had inquired from the Magi
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If your holy struggle is against the spiritual fickleness and Faithlessness of Germans, my Alcuin, then it seems that mine is against the vanity and frivolity of English Nuns! Every day, I try to remind my girls of the warning of Saint Paula of Bethlehem: "A clean body and a clean dress mean an unclean soul
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He said that referring to the Spirit which those who believed in him were to receive for the Spirit was not yet granted; and because Jesus had not yet been glorified; And many of the multitude that heard his words said This is in truth the prophet; And others said This is the Messiah; But others said Can it be that the Messiah will come from Galilee? has not the scripture said that from the seed of David and from Bethlehem the village of David the 7 Messiah comes? And there occurred a dissension in the multitude because of him
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then said he would commute between Bethlehem and
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born in Bethlehem, whom the whole creation could offer to him
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3 The apostles carried on their personal work in Capernaum, Bethsaida-Julias, Chorazin, Gerasa, Hippos, Magdala, Cana, Bethlehem of Galilee, Jotapata, Ramah, Safed, Gischala, Gadara, and Abila
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1 By the end of April the opposition to Jesus among the Pharisees and Sadducees had become so pronounced that the Master and his apostles decided to leave Jerusalem for a while, going south to work in Bethlehem and Hebron
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1 On the way, in Bethlehem, Rachel died giving birth to her younger son, whom she named Benjamin; a little later on, Isaac passed on, and was buried at home in Hebron
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He spent a considerable portion of October with Abner and his associates at Bethlehem
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2 At this time, Abner was making his headquarters at Bethlehem, and from that center many workers had been sent to the cities of Judea and southern Samaria and even to Alexandria
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4 Before leaving Bethlehem for the last time, the Master made arrangements for them all to join him in the united effort which was to precede the ending of his earth career in the flesh
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Only one thing we are certain of, that is, when he does return, all the world will likely know about it, for he must come as the supreme ruler of a universe and not as the obscure babe of Bethlehem
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The Birth of Jesus in Bethlehem
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When he was born it is said the three wise men from faraway lands saw a star that guided them to a stable in Bethlehem
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So the testaments claim that the angels proclaimed glories from the heavens; this can be seen as true as the messengers and believers of God who were present in Bethlehem would be able to feel the presence of the 135
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Herod feared this prophecy as his priests and scribes agreed that the birthplace of the Christ was supposed to be in Bethlehem of Judea
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Since we don’t have accurate dates to go by and don’t know what Yeshua and his parents looked like, we will first have to spy on the inhabitants of the villages of Bethlehem and Nazareth to identify who were actually Yosef and Miriam
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Fifteen minutes later, a second screen concentrated on a middle-aged bearded man in the village of Bethlehem
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Yosef, growing fed up with so much meanness, had finally brought Miriam to Bethlehem a month ago to make her escape the gossips in Nazareth
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As promised, Nauca showed back in Bethlehem seven days later, in mid-morning
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The trip was to be a relatively short one, Nazareth being only eleven kilometers in a straight line from Bethlehem
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That smile turned into a delighted grin when she saw on the screen Nancy, masquerading as Nauca the Sarmatian, approaching Bethlehem of Galilee on her robotic horse
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There’s more information on just what was happening in Niagara Falls and at Bethlehem Steel in Lackawanna over sixty years ago in the link,
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“He was no friend of religion: His name was Joshua Dustani, and he was born in Bethlehem in the year 1975, by the Essene calendar
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“Sir, have you heard of the Messiah from Bethlehem that brought Truth to those that searched?” I said, but not waiting on his response
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there on the way to Ephrath (also called Bethlehem)
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The reason I remember that is because the three kings in the Gospel story took gold, frankincense, and myrrh with them as gifts when they visited the baby Jesus in Bethlehem on the first Christmas
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Rob and Mary Williams walked along Main Street in the historic section of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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Steve Cooper and Abbot Francis had attended Moravian College as undergraduates, right there in Bethlehem
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It seemed as if every breath echoed through the rooms of the small building in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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In the dusk it was only the white flowers that still shone, the stitchworts, the clusters of Star of Bethlehem, the spikes of white helleborine; and all the colours of the day, the blue of the chickory and delicate lilac of dwarf mallows, the bright yellow of wood loosestrife and rose-colour of campions, were already put out for the
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It’s rather the Star of Bethlehem mentioned in Matthew Chapter Two that guided the Wise Men to the Christ Child that this gesture commemorates
