13Now when they had gone, behold, an 1angel of the Lord2appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Get up! Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt, and remainthereuntil I tell you; for Herod is going to search for the Child to destroy Him."
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So Joseph got up and took the Child and His mother while it was still night, and left for Egypt.
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He remainedthereuntil the death of Herod. This was to fulfillwhat had been spoken by the Lordthrough the prophet: "3OUT OF EGYPT I CALLED4MY SON."
Herod Slaughters Babies
16Then when Herodsaw that he had been tricked by 5the magi, he became veryenraged, and sent and 6slewall the malechildren who were in Bethlehem and all its vicinity, from twoyearsold and under, according to the timewhich he had determined from the magi.
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Thenwhat had been spokenthroughJeremiah the prophet was fulfilled:
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"7A VOICE WAS HEARD IN RAMAH, WEEPING AND GREATMOURNING, RACHELWEEPING FOR HER CHILDREN; AND SHE REFUSED* TO BE COMFORTED, BECAUSE THEY WERE NO MORE."
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But when Heroddied, behold, an angel of the Lord8appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, and said,
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"Get up, take the Child and His mother, and go into the land of Israel; for those who sought the Child'slife are dead."
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So Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel.
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But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his fatherHerod, he was afraid to gothere. Then after being 9warned by God in a dream, he left for the regions of Galilee,
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and came and lived in a citycalled10Nazareth. This was to fulfillwhat was spokenthrough the prophets: "He shall be called a 11Nazarene."