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# Now ... it came about that
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These words mark the beginning of a new part of the story.
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# Caesar Augustus
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"King Augustus" or "Emperor Augustus." He was the first emperor of the Roman Empire.
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# sent out a decree ordering
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"sent messengers with a decree ordering"
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# that a census be taken of all the people living in the world
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"that they register all the people living in the world" or "that they count all the people in the world and write down their names"
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# the world
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Here the word "world" represents only the part of the world that Caesar August ruled. Alternate translation: "the Empire" or "the Roman world"
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