Matthew 2 :: Hebrew Names Version (HNV)

The Visit of the Magi

Mat 2:1Now when Yeshua was born in Beit-Lechem of Yehudah in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Yerushalayim, saying,

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Mat 2:2"Where is he who is born King of the Yehudim? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him."

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Mat 2:3When Herod the king heard it, he was troubled, and all Yerushalayim with him.

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Mat 2:4Gathering together all the chief Kohanim and Sofrim of the people, he asked them where the Messiah would be born.

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Mat 2:5They said to him, "In Beit-Lechem of Yehudah, for thus it is written through the prophet,

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Mat 2:6'You Beit-Lechem, land of Yehudah, Are in no way least among the princes of Yehudah: For out of you shall come forth a governor, Who shall shepherd my people, Yisra'el.'"

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Mat 2:7Then Herod secretly called the wise men, and learned from them exactly what time the star appeared.

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Mat 2:8He sent them to Beit-Lechem, and said, "Go and search diligently for the young child. When you have found him, bring me word, so that I also may come and worship him."

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Mat 2:9They, having heard the king, went their way; and behold, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, until it came and stood over where the young child was.

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Mat 2:10When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.

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Mat 2:11They came into the house and saw the young child with Miryam, his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

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Mat 2:12Being warned in a dream that they shouldn't return to Herod, they went back to their own country another way.

The Flight to Egypt

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Mat 2:13Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Yosef in a dream, saying, "Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Mitzrayim, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him."

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Mat 2:14He arose and took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Mitzrayim,

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Mat 2:15and was there until the death of Herod; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, "Out of Mitzrayim I called my son."

Herod Slaughters Babies

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Mat 2:16Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children who were in Beit-Lechem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.

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Mat 2:17Then that which was spoken by Yirmeyahu the prophet was fulfilled, saying,

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Mat 2:18"A voice was heard in Ramah, Lamentation, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; She wouldn't be comforted, Because they are no more."

(Luk 2:39 )

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Mat 2:19But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Yosef in Mitzrayim, saying,

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Mat 2:20"Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into Eretz-Yisra'el, for those who sought the young child's life are dead."

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Mat 2:21He arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into Eretz-Yisra'el.

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Mat 2:22But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Yehudah in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there. Being warned in a dream, he withdrew into the region of the Galil,

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Mat 2:23and came and lived in a city called Natzeret; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets: "He will be called a Natzri."

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