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Matthew 2:5
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Matthew 2:5
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5 They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it has been written by the prophet:(A)
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Matthew 2:5
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Matthew 2:5
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5 “In Bethlehem(A) in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:
John 7:42
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John 7:42
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42 Has not the scripture said that the Messiah[a] is descended from David and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”(A)
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- 7.42 Or the Christ
John 7:42
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John 7:42
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42 Does not Scripture say that the Messiah will come from David’s descendants(A) and from Bethlehem,(B) the town where David lived?”
Ruth 1:1
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Ruth 1:1
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Elimelech’s Family Goes to Moab
1 In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land, and a certain man of Bethlehem in Judah went to live in the country of Moab, he and his wife and two sons.(A)
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Ruth 1:1
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Ruth 1:1
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1 Samuel 16:1
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1 Samuel 16:1
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David Anointed as King
16 The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul? I have rejected him from being king over Israel. Fill your horn with oil and set out; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.”(A)
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1 Samuel 16:1
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1 Samuel 16:1
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Ruth 2:4
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Ruth 2:4
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4 Just then Boaz came from Bethlehem. He said to the reapers, “The Lord be with you.” They answered, “The Lord bless you.”(A)
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Ruth 2:4
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Ruth 2:4
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4 Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters, “The Lord be with you!(A)”
“The Lord bless you!(B)” they answered.
Ruth 4:11
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Ruth 4:11
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11 Then all the people who were at the gate, along with the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your house like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you produce children[a] in Ephrathah and bestow a name in Bethlehem;(A)
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- 4.11 Or wealth
Ruth 4:11
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Ruth 4:11
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Ruth 1:19
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Ruth 1:19
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19 So the two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. When they came to Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women said, “Is this Naomi?”
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Ruth 1:19
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Ruth 1:19
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19 So the two women went on until they came to Bethlehem.(A) When they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred(B) because of them, and the women exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”
Joshua 19:15
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Joshua 19:15
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15 and Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem—twelve towns with their villages.(A)
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Joshua 19:15
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Joshua 19:15
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Genesis 35:19
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Genesis 35:19
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19 And Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephrath, that is, Bethlehem,(A)
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Genesis 35:19
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Genesis 35:19
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