Day of Midian—Midian is a son of Abraham, so Midianites are considered descendants who are supposed to be a part of God’s chosen people. Though they have established their autonomy from Israel (establishing the territory also called Midian), Israel later conquers them, bringing them back into the greater nation of Israel.
Bethlehem—It is necessary in the Gospels for Jesus to be born in Bethlehem in order to fulfill the prophecy that the Messiah will be born there, as stated in the book of Micah.
Quirinius—Quirinius is the governor of the territory where Bethlehem is at the time of Jesus’s birth. For the sake of grouping territory for the census—which the Israelites really hate having to do—the regions of Syria and Judah are combined into one under his oversight
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