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This continues the account of what happened when Jesus was born as the King of the Jews.
they had departed
"the learned men had departed"
Get up, take … flee …. Remain … you
God is speaking to Joseph, so these should all be singular forms. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you)
until the death of Herod
Herod does not die until Matthew 2:19. This statement describes the length of the their stay in Egypt, and does not say that Herod died at this time.
Out of Egypt I have called my son
This is a quotation from Hosea Hosea 11:1. The wording of the Greek text in Matthew is somewhat different than the Hebrew text in Hosea. The emphasis is on "out of Egypt," not some other place: "It is out of Egypt that I have called my son."