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Luke 2:23
(As it says in the law of the Lord, Every mother's first male child is to be holy to the Lord),
Luke 2:23 · Bible in Basic English
Luke 2:23 in other translations
(As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)
(as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”),
(as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”),
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In context
20 Then the keepers of the sheep went back, giving glory and praise to God for all the things which had come to their ears and which they had seen, as it had been said to them.
21 And when, after eight days, the time came for his circumcision, he was named Jesus, the name which the angel had given to him before his birth.
22 And when the necessary days for making them clean by the law of Moses had come to an end, they took him to Jerusalem to give him to the Lord
23 (As it says in the law of the Lord, Every mother's first male child is to be holy to the Lord),
24 And to make an offering, as it is ordered in the law of the Lord, of two doves or other young birds.
25 And there was then in Jerusalem a man whose name was Simeon; and he was an upright man, fearing God and waiting for the comfort of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was on him.
26 And he had knowledge, through the Holy Spirit, that he would not see death till he had seen the Lord's Christ.
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