Matthew 2:6
And YOU, BEIT-LECHEM, (Bethlehem, Mic 5:1 [2]) in eretz Yehudah are by no means least among the shtetlach (towns) or ruling + 2:6 alafim of Yehudah; because out of you will come a Moshel (Ruler) who will be the Ro'eh Ami Yisroel.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
5They told him, In Beit-Lechem Yehudah; because so it stands written by the Navi:
Cross References
Genesis 49:10The shevet (sceptre) shall not depart from Yehudah, 1 nor a Mekhokek (Lawgiver) from between his raglayim, 1 until Shiloh come; 1 and unto him shall be the obedience of the amim (peoples, nations). 1
2 Samuel 5:2Also in time past, when Sha'ul was melech over us, thou wast he that didst lead out and brought in Yisroel; and Hashem said to thee, Thou shalt feed + 5:2 like a shepherd My people Yisroel, and thou shalt become Nagid over Yisroel.
1 Chronicles 5:2For Yehudah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the nagid; but the bechorah (portion of the firstborn) was Yosefʼs.
Psalms 78:71From following the nursing ewes He brought him 1 to shepherd Ya'akov His people, 1 and Yisroel His nachalah. 1
Isaiah 40:11He shall feed His Eder like a Ro'eh; 1 He shall gather the tela'im (lambs) with His zero'a, 1 and carry them in His kheyk, 1 and shall gently lead those that are with young. 1
Ezekiel 34:23And I will set up Ro'eh Echad over them, He shall tend them as ro'eh, even Avdi Dovid; He shall feed them. He shall be their Ro'eh.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 2:2-9
The Wise Men Come to Jerusalem. 1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, 2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. 3 When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. 5 And… Read the whole commentary →