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Matthew 2:12

Herod
Protection and safetyObedience

10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with great delight.

11 On coming to the house, they saw the Child with His mother Mary, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh.

And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another route.

13 When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”

14 So he got up, took the Child and His mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt,

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BSB
And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another route.
KJV
And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
WEB
Being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they went back to their own country another way.
ASV
And being warned [of God] in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
DARBY
And being divinely instructed in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
BLB
And having been divinely warned in a dream not to return to Herod, through another way they withdrew to their country.
ÅB
Og etter at Gud advarte dem i en drøm mot å vende tilbake til Herodes, dro de en annen vei bort til sitt land.
OTB
Og etter å ha blitt advart i en drøm om ikke å vende tilbake til Herodes, dro de til sitt eget land en annen vei.
B1930
Og da de var blitt varslet av Gud i en drøm at de ikke skulde vende tilbake til Herodes, drog de en annen vei bort til sitt land.

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Cross references

  • Matthew 2:22

    But when he learned that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,

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  • Matthew 2:19

    After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt.

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  • Matthew 2:13

    When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”

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  • Matthew 27:19

    While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered terribly in a dream today because of Him.”

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  • Matthew 1:20

    But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

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  • Genesis 31:24

    But that night God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream and warned him, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”

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  • Genesis 20:6–7

    Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.

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  • Acts 5:29

    But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.

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