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The Book of Exodus says Pharaoh King of Egypt commanded that the male children of the Israelites be killed. Exodusdoes not identify the pharaoh in this story.

Matthew's Gospel says Herod the Great, in a more limited sense, commanded the male children two years old and younger to be killed in the town of Bethlehem.

Scholars have long realised that the similarities in the two stories arose because the author of Matthew's Gospel wished to draw parallels between Moses and Jesus.

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