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Micah 5:2

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Micah 5:2

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5:2And you, Bethlehem Ephrata, are a little one among the thousands of Judah. From you will go forth he who shall be the ruler in Israel, and his landing place has been set from the beginning, from the days of eternity

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Matthew 2:4–6 — Herod asks where the Christ is born

Micah identifies Bethlehem Ephrathah as the origin of a ruler in Israel. Matthew reports that Jerusalem's chief priests and scribes cited this passage when Herod asked where the Messiah would be born.

source checked395 yearsA small-town oracle from the age of Isaiah is consulted as a location database in Herod's court.
Sources & review
  • scriptureMic 5:2
  • scriptureMatt 2:4-6
  • catechismCCC 525, 528
  • church fatherChapter 78