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Where could Mary and Joseph not go?

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15y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019
AnswerIn early Judaism, it was important for a new mother to go to the Temple in Jerusalem for her purification. In Matthew's Gospel, she could not go to Jerusalem, out of fear of King Herod, who wanted Jesus killed. They fled to Egypt instead.
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