Chapter 17.
And when Herod1657
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ms. has: And when Herod, coming back from
Rome the year after, saw. |
saw that he
had been made sport of by the magi, his
heart swelled with
rage, and he
sent through all the roads, wishing to
seize them and put them to
death. But when he could not find them at all, he sent anew to
Bethlehem and all its borders, and slew all the male
children whom he
found of two years old and under, according to the time that he had
ascertained from the magi.
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Now the day before this was done Joseph was warned
in his sleep by the angel of the Lord, who said to him: Take Mary
and the child, and go into Egypt by the way of the desert. And
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