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To: brucedickinson

Isn’t it surmised that the Magi gifts supported the holy family in Egypt? Not exactly refugee status.


12 posted on 02/01/2017 2:23:56 PM PST by Rinnwald
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To: Rinnwald

One can be a refugee and still have financial resources.

It IS fair to call Jesus, Mary, and Joseph refugees because they went into exile in Egypt to escape persecution.

It IS reasonable to suppose they used the gifts of the Magi as financial support, and did not become beggars or recipients of some sort of Egyptian benefit program.

It IS necessary to add that they went back to Nazareth as soon as the risk from King Harod was over. They did not remain any longer in Egypt than they had to.


16 posted on 02/01/2017 2:34:07 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o ("Enter by the front door. Anyone coming through the back door is a thief and a robber." John 10:1)
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To: Rinnwald

Yes, the sacrifice for a baby boy in Israel at the time was a one year old lamb (from Leviticus 12:6) but if the parents were too poor, they could sacrifice 2 doves. Mary and Joseph sacrificed 2 doves so they were poor, and the gold and other gifts certainly helped them when they moved to Egypt.


17 posted on 02/01/2017 2:37:47 PM PST by brucedickinson
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