Revelation of the Magi

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Locutus

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The magi are mentioned only in Matthew.
Yes indeed and I spring board from that, excuse me if had offended you in any way,

but I am simply teaching that the magi did not go to bethaham to worship the young child but the star led them to the house in Nazareth.

im sure everyone has seen the picture or film of the child in a manger and the three wise man standing around, that is Hollywood etc.
 
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Joseph and Mary lived in Bethlehem until after the visit from the wise men.


Joseph was told to flee to Egypt:

Matthew 2:13 And when they (the wise men) were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.


After Herod's death, Joseph was told he could return to the land of Israel:

Matthew 2:

19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

20 Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life.

21 And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

23 But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:

25 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.


No they only came to bethaham because that is where Joseph had to go because of the census, read Luke chapter one through Luke 2:39
 

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I am simply teaching that the magi did not go to bethaham to worship
the young child but the star led them to the house in Nazareth.
I underlined that part in the Scriptures I gave :)
 
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Joseph and Mary couldn't get a room that evening when Jesus was born thus the night out in the barn but the next day as guest had left, Joseph got a room and they stayed in bethaham for several days until the eighth day whe they took Jesus up to Jerusalem after forfilling the requirements, they returned to Nazareth.


Lk2:38 Coming up to them at that very moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.
Lk2:39 When Joseph and Mary had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth.
 

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My guess is these wise men where from the tribe of Levites,
from the lost ten tribes that where scattered abroad.

Someone who [had to have] access to [the old testement writings].

How else did they know it was the Christ Child to come , this only by
revelation from God, or by knowing the future scriptures about Him.

They came to worship him, only Israel the nation had know God.
 

Hizikyah

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Exactly!!! And the "wise men from the east" would have heard of the significance of astronomical events and how these events pointed to Messiah from Jews who were exiled from Judah and Israel.
Most Likely from the revelation of the prophet Daniel, handeed down through the years, very interesting indeed!
 
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we are all aware of what the bible says on them. I am not questioning what we know of them from the bible
I am asking what do you think of their account of what happen which can be found in the book

The account is preserved in an eighth-century C.E. Syriac manuscript held in the Vatican Library, although the earliest versions of the text may have been written as early as the mid-second century, less than a hundred years after Matthew’s gospel was composed. Written in the first person, the Revelation of the Magi narrates the mystical origins of the magi, their miraculous encounter with the luminous star and their equally miraculous journey to Bethlehem to worship the child
 

Nehemiah6

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but I am simply teaching that the magi did not go to Bethlehem to worship the young child but the star led them to the house in Nazareth.
That is next to impossible. Joseph, Mary, and Jesus were told to go into Egypt first, and they remained there for some time, before they returned to Palestine and went to live in Nazareth. However, the magi went to see Jesus shortly after His birth, and before they left of Egypt. So the only place they could have gone to was Bethlehem.
 
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No they only came to bethaham because that is where Joseph had to go because of the census, read Luke chapter one through Luke 2:39
I think the issue is whether Joseph took his family back to Nazareth after the eight days of Luke 2:21 and the days of Mary's purification (Luke 2:22).

I think it would have been easier to travel from Bethlehem to Jerusalem, rather than attend to the birth of Jesus, then travel to Nazareth, then back to Jerusalem. Rather than travel with an infant from Bethlehem to Nazareth, then to Jerusalem.

Luke 2:39 indicates they went returned to Galilee when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord.

Does all things according to the law of the Lord include the prophecy spoken by the prophet that out of Egypt have I called my son (Matt 2:15)?


Here is a link to a map which shows the distance between Bethlehem, Jerusalem, and Nazareth:





I believe the family remained in Bethlehem after the census and birth of Jesus. After the wise men visited and the angel of the Lord instructed them to flee to Egypt they obeyed.

However, Scripture does not plainly state this fact. So, is it possible they returned to Nazareth after the days of Mary's purification?

We know that the family went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the Passover (Luke 2:41). Bethlehem is much closer to Jerusalem than Nazareth. And it is much closer to Egypt than Nazareth. We know the reason Joseph decided not to return to Bethlehem after he left Egypt was because Herod's son, Archelaus, reigned in Judea (Bethlehem is in Judea). So Joseph went to Nazareth instead of returning to Bethlehem.

Matthew 2:

19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

20 Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life.

21 And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

22 But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:

23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.



Why would Matthew 2 even mention that fact if Joseph left Bethlehem and lived in Nazareth after the days of Mary's purification? Wouldn't Joseph just go back to Nazareth if that was where he left from when he fled to Egypt?

 
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That is next to impossible. Joseph, Mary, and Jesus were told to go into Egypt first, and they remained there for some time, before they returned to Palestine and went to live in Nazareth. However, the magi went to see Jesus shortly after His birth, and before they left of Egypt. So the only place they could have gone to was Bethlehem.
It appears you are going by matthew's account only, you haven't mentioned any of Luke's account most of what is written of the birth of Jesus is in Luke.

but I would like to see your opinion on the cronilogical order of both books, Luke and Matthew chapters in order, these two books is were the birth of Jesus is told.
 
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I think the issue is whether Joseph took his family back to Nazareth after the eight days of Luke 2:21 and the days of Mary's purification (Luke 2:22).

I think it would have been easier to travel from Bethlehem to Jerusalem, rather than attend to the birth of Jesus, then travel to Nazareth, then back to Jerusalem. Rather than travel with an infant from Bethlehem to Nazareth, then to Jerusalem.

Luke 2:39 indicates they went returned to Galilee when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord.

Does all things according to the law of the Lord include the prophecy spoken by the prophet that out of Egypt have I called my son (Matt 2:15)?


Here is a link to a map which shows the distance between Bethlehem, Jerusalem, and Nazareth:





I believe the family remained in Bethlehem after the census and birth of Jesus. After the wise men visited and the angel of the Lord instructed them to flee to Egypt they obeyed.

However, Scripture does not plainly state this fact. So, is it possible they returned to Nazareth after the days of Mary's purification?

We know that the family went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the Passover (Luke 2:41). Bethlehem is much closer to Jerusalem than Nazareth. And it is much closer to Egypt than Nazareth. We know the reason Joseph decided not to return to Bethlehem after he left Egypt was because Herod's son, Archelaus, reigned in Judea (Bethlehem is in Judea). So Joseph went to Nazareth instead of returning to Bethlehem.

Matthew 2:

19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

20 Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life.

21 And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

22 But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:

23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.



Why would Matthew 2 even mention that fact if Joseph left Bethlehem and lived in Nazareth after the days of Mary's purification? Wouldn't Joseph just go back to Nazareth if that was where he left from when he fled to Egypt?

Mary's purification???, did you mean to say Jesus's purification (the circumcision and the offering)?

the calling out of Egypt had nothing to do with the Law of the Lord,

yes before jesus was born both Joseph and Mary lived in Nazareth.
 
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the four gospels are not in chronological order, Luke and Matthew are the two books that tell about the birth of Jesus and His childhood. Here is a shortened version of the whole account, the whole account is longer, so I am just going to cover the highlights of the account in my opinion.


Joseph’s and Mary’s home was in Nazareth before Jesus was born.


Lk1:26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee,
Lk1:27 To a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.


Mt 1:18 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.
Mt 1:19 Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.
Mt 1:20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
Shortly before Jesus was born Augustus issued a decree, a census. that is why Joseph went to Bethlehem, everyone had to go to the place they were from, Joseph was from Bethlehem the house and line of David, but lived in Nazareth.


Lk2:1 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world.
Lk2:2 (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.)
Lk2:3 And everyone went to their own town to register.
So Joseph went from his home in Nazareth to Bethlehem for the census, but while Joseph and Mary was in Bethlehem Mary went into labor.


Lk2:4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David.
Lk2:5 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child.
Lk2:6 While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born,
In the fields nearby, an angel appeared to the Shepherds.


Lk2:8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.
Lk2:9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.
Lk2:10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.
Lk2:11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.
then the shepherds went and seen Jesus in the (food trough in the barn) were Mary had made a bed for Jesus.


Lk2:15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”
Lk2:16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger.
Joseph and Mary stayed in Bethlehem because the town is near Jerusalem and knowing they were required to do the purification rites as written. They stayed in Bethlehem for eight days.


Lk2:21 On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived.
Lk2:22 When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord.
Lk2:23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord”),
Lk2:24 And to offer a sacrifice in keeping with what is said in the Law of the Lord: “a pair of doves or two young pigeons.”
After Joseph and Mary had done everything required they went back home to their house in Nazareth.


Lk2:39 When Joseph and Mary had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth.
The Magi was in the east when they saw the star rise at the birth of Jesus, then they left the east and came to Jerusalem.
the magi were in another country east so that took time to travel and arrive in Jerusalem.


Mt 2:1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem
Mt 2:2 and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”
Mt 2:3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.
After Herod called the magi secretly and found out from them the exact time. when the star appeared to them in the east.


Mt2:7 Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared.
Mt2:8 He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.”
Yes Herod sent them to Bethlehem but the star the Magi saw before while in the east appeared again and the Magi went on their way and followed the star until it stopped over the house in Nazareth. the star that led them did not stop over Bethlehem but stopped over the house in Nazareth, then they went back to their country by another route.


Mt2:9 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was.
Mt2:10 When they saw the star, they were overjoyed.
Mt2:11 On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.
Mt2:12 And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.
After the Magi left, that is when the Angel appeared to Joseph in a dream and instructed Joseph to take the child to Egypt and they left for Egypt which is not right around the corner it was more than a week’s trip to Egypt.


Mt 2:13 When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”
Mt 2:14 So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt,
Herod had every new born child under two years old was killed. For Herod wanted to make sure there was no misunderstanding in the time frame of when Jesus was born.


Mt 2:16 When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi.
After the death of Herod, Joseph took Mary and the child back to the land of Israel.


Mt2:19 After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt
Mt2:15 where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called my son.”
Mt2:20 and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child’s life are dead.”
Mt2:21 So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel.
Mt2:22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,
Matthew 2:23 is written in such away some people view that as for the first time in Nazareth but that is not the case. Reference Luke 1:26 and Luke 2:4


Indeed a period of time had went by and that is why it may appear as if Joseph was coming to Nazareth for the first time in the way it was written but scripture does not support that,, but scripture does support it was a return to Nazareth because as we know Joseph and Mary had already lived in Nazareth even before Jesus was born, reference Luke 1:26 and Luke 2:4


When Joseph came back to Judea he was going to live closer to Jerusalem, IMO but since Joseph was warned in a dream not to live near Jerusalem. Because of that Joseph and Mary with Jesus went back and lived in Nazareth again.


Sadly the account written in the OT of Jesus being called a Nazorean (Nazarene) has been lost to time.
I believe it was written in one of the nine or so books mentioned in the OT that has been lost.


Mt2:23 and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was said through the prophets, that he would be called a Nazarene.
Lk2:40 And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was on him.
Each year while they lived in Nazareth they went to the festival.


Lk2:41 Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the Festival of the Passover.
Lk2:42 When he was twelve years old, they went up to the Festival, according to the custom.


Lk2:51 Then he went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all these things in her heart.
Lk2:52 And as Jesus grew up, he increased in wisdom and in favor with God and people.
 
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Scripture is the one source as a revelation from God. What we had in part up untill the last chapter (Revelation) today we have the whole. The perfect has come.


It came in different manners periodically. But those manners he used once do not become a source for faith.

Its like dreams today, as many as the stars in the sky. We do not connect dots .But do compare spiritual words to other words.
 
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Mary's purification???, did you mean to say Jesus's purification (the circumcision and the offering)?
Yes. Mary's purification:
Leviticus 12:

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.

3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.


According to Luke 2:21, Jesus was circumcised on the eighth day.

Leviticus 12:

4 And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.

5 But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days.

6 And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest:

7 Who shall offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that hath born a male or a female.

8 And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.


According to Luke 2:22-24, an offering of two turtledoves or two pigeons was made in fulfillment of the purification of Mary. This offering was made at Jerusalem (Luke 2:22).




IamWhoIam said:
the calling out of Egypt had nothing to do with the Law of the Lord,
It may or it may not.




IamWhoIam said:
yes before jesus was born both Joseph and Mary lived in Nazareth.
The issue is not whether Joseph and Mary lived in Nazareth before Jesus was born.

The issue is whether Joseph and Mary returned to Nazareth after the days of Mary's purification.

Joseph and Mary may have decided to remain in Bethlehem after the purification. Bethlehem was much closer to Jerusalem than Nazareth.

We know from Luke 2 that Joseph and Mary traveled to Bethlehem from Nazareth because of the decree (Luke 2:1-5).

We also know that other family members would have come to Bethlehem as well (Luke 2:3 – all went to be taxed).

It is not unfeasible that Joseph remained in Bethlehem after Mary's purification.

He was young; he had a young wife; he had an infant child; he had extended family members in Bethlehem. It is not unreasonable that Joseph would decide to stay in Bethlehem until Jesus was a little older.
 
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Joseph and Mary stayed in Bethlehem because the town is near Jerusalem and knowing they were required to do the purification rites as written. They stayed in Bethlehem for eight days.
I believe they stayed in Bethlehem longer than eight days.

According to Luke 2:22, they went to Jerusalem after the days of Mary's purification. I do not believe they would have traveled to Nazareth only to return to Jerusalem. Mary would have had a very difficult time traveling just after giving birth, and she would have had to arrive in Jerusalem when Jesus was 40 days old. Add to that the fact that it would have been much colder than when they traveled to Bethlehem from Nazareth.

Could they have decided to remain in Bethlehem because of the age of Jesus (infant) as well as the weather? Traveling on foot is difficult in and of itself. Traveling with an infant is much more difficult.




IamWhoIam said:
Yes Herod sent them to Bethlehem but the star the Magi saw before while in the east appeared again and the Magi went on their way and followed the star until it stopped over the house in Nazareth. the star that led them did not stop over Bethlehem but stopped over the house in Nazareth, then they went back to their country by another route.
Where do you read that the star stopped over the house in Nazareth?

The wise men went to Jerusalem to inquire "Where is He that is born King of the Jews?"

They were directed to Bethlehem.

When they left Jerusalem, their backs would have been facing Nazareth.

Here is the map I posted (Post #32). Please note that Jerusalem is between Bethlehem in the south and Nazareth in the North. According to Wikipedia, Bethlehem is about 6.2 miles south of Jerusalem, and Nazareth is about 91 miles north of Jerusalem:


 
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Yes. Mary's purification:
Leviticus 12:

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.

3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.


According to Luke 2:21, Jesus was circumcised on the eighth day.
Leviticus 12:

4 And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.

5 But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days.

6 And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest:

7 Who shall offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that hath born a male or a female.

8 And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.


According to Luke 2:22-24, an offering of two turtledoves or two pigeons was made in fulfillment of the purification of Mary. This offering was made at Jerusalem (Luke 2:22).





It may or it may not.





The issue is not whether Joseph and Mary lived in Nazareth before Jesus was born.

The issue is whether Joseph and Mary returned to Nazareth after the days of Mary's purification.

Joseph and Mary may have decided to remain in Bethlehem after the purification. Bethlehem was much closer to Jerusalem than Nazareth.

We know from Luke 2 that Joseph and Mary traveled to Bethlehem from Nazareth because of the decree (Luke 2:1-5).

We also know that other family members would have come to Bethlehem as well (Luke 2:3 – all went to be taxed).

It is not unfeasible that Joseph remained in Bethlehem after Mary's purification.

He was young; he had a young wife; he had an infant child; he had extended family members in Bethlehem. It is not unreasonable that Joseph would decide to stay in Bethlehem until Jesus was a little older.
Hey thanks for teaching me about that, the purification after giving birth to a child.

though upon what you posted nothing says in scripture Joseph and Mary even stayed in Bethlehem for more than a day or two, they could have very well went back to Nazareth right after the census which is about a five days journey 90 miles on foot even shorter if on horse back,

then they could have circumised Jesus in Nazareth on the 8th day, then waited some 30 days then traveled back to Jerusalem for the purification rites. scripture says they offered two turtledoves or two pigeons, this implies they were poor, so the Magi had to come after Mary's purification days, the 8 days for circumised plus the 33 days Mary had to wait until entering the temple, because if the magi had come before that, they would have had money to offer the two lambs instead of the two turtledoves or pigeons.

the direction the magi was traveling from Jerusalem in my opinion has not much weight, for the star they seen and guided them could very easily turned them around and they traveled to Nazareth either on foot or horse back, the star stopped over a house this implies Joseph and Mary were back home in their house in Nazareth, for they didn't live in Bethlehem nor had a house in Bethlehem We know that because there was no room at the Inn when Mary gave birth to Jesus, they stayed in the barn. if they had a house in Bethlehem they would have stayed there to begin with.

we do know that Joseph and Mary went back to Nazareth after all the requirements of the law was done

Lk2:39 When Joseph and Mary had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth.

so they didn't have much money at that time hence the two turtledoves offering means they were poor at that time.

the magi brought gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh, these gifts added up to a sum of money, surely enough to buy two lambs. I don't think they hid that, if they had these gifts before the end of Mary's purification they would have gotten the two lambs instead of two turtledoves or pigeons.