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A. Joseph and Mary lived in the town of Nazareth, far to the north of Bethlehem. What was it that brought them to Bethlehem, just before Christ was born?
Q. A census. The Roman government decreed that everyone had to go to his or her ancestral hometown to be registered in a census. Because they were both descendants of the family of King David, and Bethlehem was his birthplace, that is where they went (Lk. 2:1-5.)