Luke 2:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Lev 12:1-8 : 1 And the Lord said to Moses, 2 Say to the children of Israel, If a woman is with child and gives birth to a male child, she will be unclean for seven days, as when she is unwell. 3 And on the eighth day let him be given circumcision. 4 And she will be unclean for thirty-three days till the flow of her blood is stopped; no holy thing may be touched by her, and she may not come into the holy place, till the days for making her clean are ended. 5 But if she gives birth to a female child, then she will be unclean for two weeks, as when she is unwell; and she will not be completely clean for sixty-six days. 6 And when the days are ended for making her clean for a son or a daughter, let her take to the priest at the door of the Tent of meeting, a lamb of the first year for a burned offering and a young pigeon or a dove for a sin-offering: 7 And the priest is to make an offering of it before the Lord and take away her sin, and she will be made clean from the flow of her blood. This is the law for a woman who gives birth to a male or a female. 8 And if she has not money enough for a lamb, then let her take two doves or two young pigeons, one for a burned offering and the other for a sin-offering, and the priest will take away her sin and she will be clean,

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  • Luke 2:23-24
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    23(As it says in the law of the Lord, Every mother's first male child is to be holy to the Lord),

    24And to make an offering, as it is ordered in the law of the Lord, of two doves or other young birds.

  • Luke 2:27-28
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    27And full of the Spirit he came into the Temple; and when the father and mother came in with the child Jesus, to do with him what was ordered by the law,

    28Then he took him in his arms and gave praise to God and said,

  • Luke 2:20-21
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    20Then 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.

    21And 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.

  • Luke 2:38-46
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    38And coming up at that time, she gave praise to God, talking of him to all those who were waiting for the freeing of Jerusalem.

    39And when they had done all the things which were ordered by the law of the Lord, they went back to Galilee, to Nazareth, the town where they were living.

    40And the child became tall and strong and full of wisdom, and the grace of God was on him.

    41And every year his father and mother went to Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover.

    42And when he was twelve years old, they went up, as their way was, to the feast;

    43And when the days of the feast came to an end and they were going back, the boy Jesus was still in Jerusalem, but they had no knowledge of it:

    44And in the belief that he was with some of their number, they went a day's journey; and after looking for him among their relations and friends,

    45And seeing that he was not there, they went back to Jerusalem, to make search for him.

    46And after three days they came across him in the Temple, seated among the wise men, giving ear to their words and putting questions to them.

  • Lev 12:2-8
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    2Say to the children of Israel, If a woman is with child and gives birth to a male child, she will be unclean for seven days, as when she is unwell.

    3And on the eighth day let him be given circumcision.

    4And she will be unclean for thirty-three days till the flow of her blood is stopped; no holy thing may be touched by her, and she may not come into the holy place, till the days for making her clean are ended.

    5But if she gives birth to a female child, then she will be unclean for two weeks, as when she is unwell; and she will not be completely clean for sixty-six days.

    6And when the days are ended for making her clean for a son or a daughter, let her take to the priest at the door of the Tent of meeting, a lamb of the first year for a burned offering and a young pigeon or a dove for a sin-offering:

    7And the priest is to make an offering of it before the Lord and take away her sin, and she will be made clean from the flow of her blood. This is the law for a woman who gives birth to a male or a female.

    8And if she has not money enough for a lamb, then let her take two doves or two young pigeons, one for a burned offering and the other for a sin-offering, and the priest will take away her sin and she will be clean,

  • Luke 2:6-7
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    6And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth.

    7And she had her first son; and folding him in linen, she put him to rest in the place where the cattle had their food, because there was no room for them in the house.

  • Lev 14:22-23
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    22And two doves or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and one will be for a sin-offering and the other for a burned offering.

    23And on the eighth day he will take them to the priest, to the door of the Tent of meeting before the Lord, so that he may be made clean.

  • Lev 15:14
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    14And on the eighth day he is to take two doves or two young pigeons and come before the Lord to the door of the Tent of meeting and give them to the priest:

  • Matt 1:22
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    22Now all this took place so that the word of the Lord by the prophet might come true,

  • Luke 1:56-57
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    56And Mary was with her for about three months and then went back to her house.

    57Now it was time for Elisabeth to give birth, and she had a son.

  • Matt 2:21
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    21And he got up, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

  • Luke 1:80
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    80And the child became tall, and strong in spirit; and he was living in the waste land till the day when he came before the eyes of Israel.

  • Luke 2:17
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    17And when they saw it, they gave them an account of the things which had been said to them about the child.

  • Luke 1:59
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    59And on the eighth day they came to see to the circumcision of the child, and they would have given him the name of Zacharias, his father's name;

  • Lev 14:2
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    2This is the law of the leper on the day when he is made clean: he is to be taken to the priest;

  • Lev 15:29-30
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    29And on the eighth day let her get two doves or two young pigeons and take them to the priest to the door of the Tent of meeting,

    30To be offered by the priest, one for a sin-offering and one for a burned offering; and the priest will take away her sin before the Lord on account of her unclean condition.

  • Matt 2:15
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    15And was there till the death of Herod; so that the word of the Lord through the prophet might come true, Out of Egypt have I sent for my son.

  • Luke 2:33
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    33And his father and mother were full of wonder at the things which were said about him.

  • Num 6:13
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    13And this is the law for him who is separate, when the necessary days are ended: he is to come to the door of the Tent of meeting,

  • Luke 1:23
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    23And when the days of his work in the Temple were ended, he went back to his house.

  • Acts 21:26
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    26Then Paul took the men, and on the day after, making himself clean with them, he went into the Temple, giving out the statement that the days necessary for making them clean were complete, till the offering was made for every one of them.

  • Num 6:10
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    10And on the eighth day let him take to the priest, at the door of the Tent of meeting, two doves or two young pigeons;

  • Luke 1:75-76
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    75In righteousness and holy living before him all our days.

    76And you, child, will be named the prophet of the Most High: you will go before the face of the Lord, to make ready his ways;

  • Luke 2:12
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    12And this is the sign to you: you will see a young child folded in linen, in the place where the cattle have their food.

  • 1 Sam 1:24
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    24Then when she had done so, she took him with her, with a three-year old ox and an ephah of meal and a skin full of wine, and took him to the house of the Lord at Shiloh: now the child was still very young.

  • Luke 2:48
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    48And when they saw him they were surprised, and his mother said to him, Son, why have you done this to us? see, your father and I have been looking for you with sorrow.

  • Luke 1:8-9
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    8Now it came about that in his turn he was acting as priest before God,

    9And as was the way of the priests, he had to go into the Temple to see to the burning of perfumes.