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A small limestone village rests above terraced fields at dawn.
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Micah 5:1

A Ruler from Small Bethlehem

Bethlehem’s Shepherd and the Purged Strongholds · Micah 5

Story guide: The modest village interprets little Bethlehem Ephrathah, from which a ruler is promised. No Nativity, later named person, or invented event is depicted.

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1But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, too small to be among the clans of Judah, from you one will come out for me to be ruler in Israel, whose goings forth are from of old, from the days of eternity.

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