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St Matthew 2:17-21 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

17. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremias the prophet, saying:

18. A voice in Rama was heard, lamentation and great mourning; Rachel bewailing her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

19. But when Herod was dead, behold an angel of the Lord appeared in sleep to Joseph in Egypt,

20. Saying: Arise, and take the child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel. For they are dead that sought the life of the child.

21. Who arose, and took the child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

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