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The Gospel of the Nativity of Mary

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Chapter 8

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Now there was among the rest Joseph, of the house and

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family

of

David

,

a

man

of

great

age

:

and

when

all

brought

there

rods

,

according

to

the

order

,

he

alone

withheld

his

.

Wherefore

,

when

nothing

in

conformity

with

the

divine

voice

appeared

,

the

high

priest

thought

it

necessary

to

consult

God

a

second

time

;

and

He

answered

,

that

of

those

who

had

been

designated

,

he

alone

to

whom

the

virgin

ought

to

be

espoused

had

not

brought

his

rod

.

Joseph

,

therefore

,

was

found

out

.

For

when

he

had

brought

his

rod

,

and

the

dove

came

from

heaven

;

and

settled

upon

the

top

of

it

,

it

clearly

appeared

to

all

that

he

was

the

man

to

whom

the

virgin

should

be

espoused

.

Therefore

,

the

usual

ceremonies

of

betrothal

having

been

gone

through

,

he

went

back

to

the

city

of

Bethlehem

to

put

his

house

in

order

,

and

to

procure

things

necessary

for

the

marriage

.

But

Mary

,

the

virgin

of

the

Lord

,

with

seven

other

virgins

of

her

own

age

,

and

who

had

been

weaned

at

the

same

time

,

whom

she

had

received

from

the

priest

,

returned

to

the

house

of

her

parents

in

Galilee

.