because there was a census that was being done and every man had to go to their own hometown.
Joseph and Mary were traveling as a decree had gone out by Augustus that all must register in their own town. So Joseph was traveling with Mary to Bethlehem.
Mary traveled to Bethlehem by riding on a donkey with Joseph.
Joseph and Mary traveled to Bethlehem , as it was told to go to their respective hometowns for the census.
Joseph's ancestral home was Bethlehem. However, at the time he took Mary as his wife he was living in Nazareth.
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She traveled there with her husband Joseph, whose family was from Bethlehem.
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Mary and Joseph went to Bethlehem for the census because it was a requirement by the government for all residents to return to their ancestral hometowns to be counted.
The biblical figure who famously rode into Bethlehem on a donkey, according to the story of Mary and Joseph's journey, is Joseph.
Joseph and Mary went to Bethlehem to be counted in a census so they could be taxed.