Luke 2:23

As it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male who opens the womb will be set apart to the Lord.”

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In The King James Version

(As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)

In Context

22When the required number of days for their purification had passed, according to the law of Moses, Joseph and Mary + 2:22 The proper names Joseph and Mary were not in the original text, and are supplied for the reader from the third person plural verb. brought him up to the temple in Jerusalem to present him to the Lord.

24So they offered a sacrifice according to what was said in the law of the Lord, “a pair of doves or two young pigeons.”

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Cross References

Exodus 13:2“Set apart to me all the firstborn, every firstborn male among the Israelites, both of people and animals. The firstborn belongs to me.”

Exodus 22:29You must not hold back offerings from your harvest or your winepresses. You must give to me the firstborn of your sons.

Numbers 3:13All the firstborn belong to me. On the day that I attacked all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I set apart for myself all the firstborn in Israel, both people and animals. They belong to me. I am Yahweh.”

Numbers 18:15Everything that opens the womb, all the firstborn which the people offer to Yahweh, both of man and animal, will be yours. Nevertheless, the people must certainly buy back every firstborn son, and they must buy back the firstborn male of unclean animals.

Matthew Henry on Luke 2:22-25

Christ Presented in the Temple. 21 And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb. 22 And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord; 23 (As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;) 24 And to offer a sacrifice according to that which… Read the whole commentary →

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