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And having gathered-together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he was inquiring from them as to where the Christ was [to be] born. And the ones said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea. For thus it has been written through the prophet [in Mic 5:2]: ‘And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah. For One ruling[a] will come out of you Who will shepherd My people Israel’”.

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  1. Matthew 2:6 Or, leading, governing.

When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born. “In Bethlehem(A) in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:

“‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
    are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for out of you will come a ruler
    who will shepherd my people Israel.’[a](B)

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  1. Matthew 2:6 Micah 5:2,4