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Bethlehem

Judea · today Bethlehem

The city of David and of the birth of Jesus. Small enough that the census that took Joseph there is the only reason he is there.

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Skip the map 15°E 20°E 25°E 30°E 35°E 40°E 45°E 50°E 28°N 32°N 36°N 40°N Nazareth Nazareth Moab MOAB Judea JUDEA Galilee GALILEE East EAST Canaan CANAAN Beth-gader Beth-gader Jerusalem Jerusalem Egypt EGYPT Bethlehem Bethlehem +3 50 mi scriptoria.digital Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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city known location approximate debated 13 places · c. AD 30-62 · modern coastline: harbors have silted up over two thousand years · +N: other places on the same point · drag and zoom · Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

WITH JUDEA 1 · EAST · JERUSALEM · EPHRATH AND 8 MORE, named in the same passages

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Map: Scriptoria, CC BY 4.0. Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0. Coast and rivers: Natural Earth, public domain. Relief: ETOPO 2022 (NOAA NCEI), public domain. The credits are in each sheet's footer.

Building at Bethlehem.

Building at Bethlehem.

PHOTO: Berthold Werner public domain Wikimedia Commons

DISTANCES IN A STRAIGHT LINE

  • Nazareth ABOUT 69 MI (110 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 5 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Jerusalem ABOUT 5 MI (8 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · A DAY ON FOOT

In a straight line, between the atlas's coordinates. On foot, at 30 km (19 mi) a day on a road 1.3 times longer than the line.

2 OTHER PLACES CALLED BETHLEHEM

43 PASSAGES · 14 BOOKS

Genesis 2
Judges 3
Ruth 6
1 Samuel 8
2 Samuel 4
1 Chronicles 5
2 Chronicles 1
Ezra 1
Nehemiah 1
Jeremiah 1
Micah 1
Matthew 5
Luke 4
John 1

COORDINATES 31.7043, 35.2076

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