Luk 2:7 | TNotes | STEP | 2:7 wrapped him snugly in strips of cloth: This common practice showed motherly love and care (see Ezek 16:4 ). • A manger was a feeding trough for animals. • no lodging available for them: This is a more accurate translation than the traditional “no room in the inn.” The word translated lodging does not mean an inn (there were no inns in tiny Bethlehem), but either a guest room in a private house or a public shelter for travelers. Since there was no normal lodging, Joseph and Mary moved to an area reserved for animals.

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‏ Luke 2:7

2:7 ^a wrapped him snugly in strips of cloth: This common practice showed motherly love and care (see Ezek 16:4 ^b).

• A manger was a feeding trough for animals.

• no lodging available for them: This is a more accurate translation than the traditional “no room in the inn.” The word translated lodging does not mean an inn (there were no inns in tiny Bethlehem), but either a guest room in a private house or a public shelter for travelers. Since there was no normal lodging, Joseph and Mary moved to an area reserved for animals.