Micah 5:2
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Matthew 2:6
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6 (A)“‘And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for from you shall come a ruler
who will (B)shepherd my people Israel.’”
John 7:42
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42 Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes (A)from the offspring of David, and comes (B)from Bethlehem, the village (C)where David was?”
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Psalm 90:2
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2 (A)Before the (B)mountains were brought forth,
or ever you had formed the earth and the world,
(C)from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
Luke 1:31-33
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31 And behold, (A)you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and (B)you shall call his name Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of (C)the Most High. And the Lord God (D)will give to him the throne of (E)his father David, 33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob (F)forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”
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Zechariah 9:9
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The Coming King of Zion
9 (A)Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!
(B)Behold, (C)your king is coming to you;
righteous and having salvation is he,
(D)humble and mounted on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
Isaiah 9:6-7
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6 (A)For to us a child is born,
to us (B)a son is given;
(C)and the government shall be (D)upon[a] his shoulder,
and his name shall be called[b]
Wonderful (E)Counselor, (F)Mighty God,
(G)Everlasting (H)Father, Prince of (I)Peace.
7 Of the increase of his government and of peace
(J)there will be no end,
on the throne of David and over his kingdom,
to establish it and to uphold it
(K)with justice and with righteousness
from this time forth and forevermore.
(L)The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.
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- Isaiah 9:6 Or is upon
- Isaiah 9:6 Or is called
Isaiah 11:1
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The Righteous Reign of the Branch
11 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of (A)Jesse,
and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.
Ezekiel 17:22-24
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22 Thus says the Lord God: (A)“I myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and will set it out. (B)I will break off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and (C)I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain. 23 (D)On the mountain height of Israel will I plant it, that it may bear branches and produce fruit and become a noble cedar. (E)And under it will dwell every kind of bird; in the shade of its branches birds of every sort will nest. 24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I am the Lord; (F)I bring low the high tree, and make high the low tree, dry up (G)the green tree, and make (H)the dry tree flourish. (I)I am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will do it.”
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1 Samuel 17:12
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12 Now David was (A)the son of an (B)Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, (C)named Jesse, (D)who had eight sons. In the days of Saul the man was already old and advanced in years.[a]
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- 1 Samuel 17:12 Septuagint, Syriac; Hebrew advanced among men
Genesis 49:10
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10 The (A)scepter shall not depart from Judah,
nor the ruler's staff (B)from between his feet,
until tribute comes to him;[a]
and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
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- Genesis 49:10 By a slight revocalization; a slight emendation yields (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Targum) until he comes to whom it belongs; Hebrew until Shiloh comes, or until he comes to Shiloh
Matthew 28:18
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18 And Jesus came and said to them, (A)“All authority (B)in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
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Genesis 48:7
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7 As for me, when I came from Paddan, to my sorrow (A)Rachel died in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was still some distance[a] to go to Ephrath, and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).”
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- Genesis 48:7 Or about two hours' distance
Colossians 1:17
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17 And (A)he is before all things, and in him all things (B)hold together.
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Proverbs 8:22-23
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22 (A)“The Lord (B)possessed[a] me at the beginning of his work,[b]
the first of his acts (C)of old.
23 Ages ago I was (D)set up,
at the first, (E)before the beginning of the earth.
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- Proverbs 8:22 Or fathered; Septuagint created
- Proverbs 8:22 Hebrew way
Ruth 4:11
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11 Then all the people who were (A)at the gate and the elders said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman, who is coming into your house, like Rachel and Leah, (B)who together (C)built up the house of Israel. May you act worthily in (D)Ephrathah and (E)be renowned in Bethlehem,
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Genesis 35:19
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19 So (A)Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to (B)Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem),
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Revelation 19:16
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16 On his robe and on his thigh (A)he has a name written, (B)King of kings and Lord of lords.
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Revelation 1:11-18
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11 saying, (A)“Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”
12 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw (B)seven golden lampstands, 13 and in the midst of the lampstands (C)one like (D)a son of man, (E)clothed with a long robe and (F)with a golden sash around his chest. 14 (G)The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. (H)His eyes were like a flame of fire, 15 (I)his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and (J)his voice was like the roar of many waters. 16 (K)In his right hand he held seven stars, (L)from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and (M)his face was like the sun shining (N)in full strength.
17 (O)When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But (P)he laid his right hand on me, (Q)saying, “Fear not, (R)I am the first and the last, 18 and the living one. (S)I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and (T)I have the keys of Death and Hades.
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Hebrews 13:8
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8 Jesus Christ is (A)the same yesterday and today and forever.
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Hebrews 7:14
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14 For it is evident that our Lord was descended (A)from Judah, and in connection with that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.
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1 Corinthians 1:27-28
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27 But (A)God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; (B)God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; 28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, even (C)things that are not, to (D)bring to nothing things that are,
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Amos 9:11
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The Restoration of Israel
11 “In that day (A)I will raise up
the booth of David that is fallen
and repair its breaches,
and raise up its ruins
and rebuild it as in the days of old,
Ezekiel 37:22-25
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22 And (A)I will make them one nation in the land, on (B)the mountains of Israel. And (C)one king shall be king over them all, and they shall be no longer (D)two nations, and no longer divided into two kingdoms. 23 (E)They shall not (F)defile themselves anymore (G)with their idols and their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions. But (H)I will save them from all the backslidings[a] in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them; and (I)they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
24 “My servant (J)David (K)shall be king over them, and they shall all have (L)one shepherd. (M)They shall walk in my rules and be careful to obey my statutes. 25 (N)They shall dwell in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They and their children and their children's children shall dwell there (O)forever, and David my servant shall be their prince (P)forever.
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- Ezekiel 37:23 Many Hebrew manuscripts; other Hebrew manuscripts dwellings
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