Bethlehem foretold

Hear also where on earth He was going to be born, as another prophet, Micah, foretold. He said: “And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will shepherd My people.”

There is a village in the land of the Jews, thirty-five stadia from Jerusalem, in which Jesus Christ was born. You can also learn this from the census records made under Quirinius, who became your first governor in Judea.