6 In Judaism the citation of a Scripture text implies the whole context, not merely the quoted words. Thus Micah 5:1(2) reads, in full, from the Hebrew: “But you, Beit-Lechem Efratah, though small among the thousands of Y’hudah, nevertheless out of you shall one come forth to me who will be ruler in Israel; and his goings-forth are from of old, from ancient days.” Some have taken this verse to mean only that the Messiah is to be descended from King David, who came out of Beit-Lechem (1 Samuel 17:12),
Matthew 2:6