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Matthew 2:19-20
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The Return from Egypt. 19 When Herod had died, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt 20 and said,(A) “Rise, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child’s life are dead.”[a]

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  1. 2:20 For those who sought the child’s life are dead: Moses, who had fled from Egypt because the Pharaoh sought to kill him (see Ex 2:15), was told to return there, “for all the men who sought your life are dead” (Ex 4:19).
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