Micah 5: 2

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CHAPTER 5

2 But thou, ^aBeth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of ^bJudah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ^cruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from ^deverlasting.

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2a	1 Sam. 16: 1. 1 And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to ^aJesse the ^bBeth-lehemite: for I have provided me a ^cking among his sons. Luke 2: 4 (1-5). 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called ^aBethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) John 7: 42 (41-44). 42 Hath not the scripture said, That ^aChrist cometh of the seed of ^bDavid, and out of the town of ^cBethlehem, where David was? TG Jesus Christ, Birth of. TG Jesus Christ, Prophecies about.
b	Isa. 11: 1. 1 ^aAnd there shall come forth a ^brod out of the ^cstem of ^dJesse, and a ^eBranch shall grow out of his roots: Heb. 7: 14. 14 For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of ^aJuda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.
c	1 Chr. 5: 2. 2 For ^aJudah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ^bruler; but the ^cbirthright was Joseph’s:) Matt. 2: 6. 6 And thou ^aBethlehem, in the land of ^bJuda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a ^cGovernor, that shall ^drule my people Israel.
d	TG Immortality.