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Luke 2:3
And all men went to be numbered, everyone to his town.
Luke 2:3 · Bible in Basic English
Luke 2:3 in other translations
And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
And everyone went to his own town to register.
All went to enroll themselves, everyone to his own city.
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In context
1 Now it came about in those days that an order went out from Caesar Augustus that there was to be a numbering of all the world.
2 This was the first numbering, which was made when Quirinius was ruler of Syria.
3 And all men went to be numbered, everyone to his town.
4 And Joseph went up from Galilee, out of the town of Nazareth, into Judaea, to Beth-lehem, the town of David, because he was of the house and family of David,
5 To be put on the list with Mary, his future wife, who was about to become a mother.
6 And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth.
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