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And it came about at that time that a dvar malchut (decree) was sent out from Caesar Augustus to register everyone in the entire Roman Empire.

This mifkad (census) was before that taken while Quirinius was governor in Syria.

And everyone was traveling to register, each to his own shtetl.

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The Birth of Jesus

In those days Caesar Augustus(A) issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world.(B) (This was the first census that took place while[a] Quirinius was governor of Syria.)(C) And everyone went to their own town to register.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 2:2 Or This census took place before