Micah 5:2
But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,being small among the clans of Judah,out of you one will come forth to me that is to be ruler in Israel;whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.
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Genesis 35:19Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Bethlehem).
Genesis 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah,nor the ruler's staff from between his feet,until he comes to whom it belongs.To him will the obedience of the peoples be.
Exodus 18:25Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
Judges 17:7There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he lived there.
1 Samuel 8:12and he will appoint them to him for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties; and he will assign some to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.
1 Samuel 17:12Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man was an old man in the days of Saul, stricken among men.
Matthew Henry on Micah 5:2-7
The Abasement and Distress of Zion; Birth of the Messiah Predicted; The Glory of Messiah. ( b. c. 720.) 1 Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek. 2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. 3 Therefore will he give them up, until the… Read the whole commentary →