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Luke 2:24

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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.”

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Luke 2:24 in other translations

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.

Luke 2:24 · American Standard Version

Luke 2:24 in context

  1. 22When the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were fulfilled, they brought him up to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord
  2. 23(as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”),
  3. 24and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, “A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.”
  4. 25Behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.
  5. 26It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.