Luke 2:5

And Yosef + 2:5 ben Dovid went up to register with Miryam, who had been given to him in erusin (betrothal) and who was with child.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.

In Context

4Now Yosef + 2:4 ben Dovid also went up from the Galil, from the shtetl of Natzeret, to Yehudah, to the Ir Dovid (City of David), which is called Beit-Lechem, because he was of the mishpochah and Bais of Dovid.

6And it came about, while they were there, the yamim (days) were fulfilled for Miryam to give birth.

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Cross References

Matthew 1:18The huledet (birth) of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was as follows. When Moshiachʼs Em, Miryam, had been given in erusin to Yosef, + 1:18 ben Dovid but before they came together, she was found with child through the Ruach Hakodesh.

Matthew Henry on Luke 2:2-8

The Birth of Christ. 1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. 2 ( And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) 3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judæa, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) 5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with… Read the whole commentary →

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