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In regard to the number of the Holy Innocents who perished in Herod’s massacre, Jesus says:
“The number was 320, between those in Bethlehem and those in the countryside. And I shall further specify that 188 of them were from Bethlehem, whereas 132 were from the countryside stricken within a vast radius by Herod’s envoys to exterminate the infants. Among those killed there were also 64 little girls, not identified as such by the assassins, who killed in the midst of darkness, confusion, and frenzy to act quickly before anything could intervene to put an end to the slaughter.”