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Luke 2:24

The lawPoverty and the vulnerable

22 And when the time of purification according to the Law of Moses was complete, His parents brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord

23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”),

and to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”

25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

26 The Holy Spirit had revealed to him that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
and to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”
KJV
And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.
WEB
and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, “A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.”
ASV
and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.
DARBY
and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of [the] Lord: A pair of turtle doves, or two young pigeons.
BLB
and to give a sacrifice according to that said in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”
ÅB
og for å gi offer, etter det som er sagt i Herrens lov, et par turtelduer eller to due-unger.
OTB
og for å bære frem det offer som er foreskrevet i Herrens lov: "et par turtelduer eller to dueunger."
B1930
og for å gi offer, efter det som er sagt i Herrens lov, et par turtelduer eller to due-unger.

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Cross references

  • Leviticus 12:6–8

    When the days of her purification are complete, whether for a son or for a daughter, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting a year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering.

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  • Leviticus 12:2

    “Say to the Israelites, ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be unclean for seven days, as she is during the days of her menstruation.

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  • 2 Corinthians 8:9

    For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.

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