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this enrollment first came to pass when Cyrenius was governor of Syria --

and all were going to be enrolled, each to his proper city,

and Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, that is called Bethlehem, because of his being of the house and family of David,

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(This was the first census that took place while[a] Quirinius was governor of Syria.)(A) And everyone went to their own town to register.

So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem(B) the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David.

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  1. Luke 2:2 Or This census took place before