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Luke 2:22-24
J.B. Phillips New Testament
Luke 2:22-24
J.B. Phillips New Testament
22-23 When the “purification” time, stipulated by the Law of Moses, was completed, they brought Jesus to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord. This was to fulfil a requirement of the Law—‘Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord’.
24 They also offered the sacrifice prescribed by the Law—‘A pair of turtle doves, or two young pigeons’.
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Luke 2:22-24
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Luke 2:22-24
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Jesus Presented in the Temple
22 When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses,(A) Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord”[a]),(B) 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.”[b](C)
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