When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he became enraged. He sent men to kill all the children in Bethlehem and throughout the surrounding region from the age of two and under, according to the time he had learned from the wise men.

"Teacher, Moses wrote for us: 'If a man's brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, that man must marry the widow and father children for his brother.'

They asked him, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies leaving a wife but no children, that man must marry the widow and father children for his brother.

Not counting children and women, there were four thousand men who ate.

Not counting women and children, there were about five thousand men who ate.

"Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and father children for his brother.'