Luke 2:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Exod 13:2 : 2 Sanctify to me all the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.
  • Num 3:13 : 13 Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both of man and beast: they shall be mine: I am the LORD.
  • Exod 22:29 : 29 You shall not delay to offer the first of your ripe produce and your juices. The firstborn of your sons you shall give to me.
  • Exod 34:19 : 19 All that open the womb is mine, and every firstborn among your livestock, whether ox or sheep, that is male.
  • Exod 13:12-15 : 12 That you shall set apart to the LORD all that opens the womb, and every firstling that comes of a beast which you have; the males shall be the LORD'S. 13 And every firstling of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb; and if you will not redeem it, then you shall break its neck: and all the firstborn of man among your children you shall redeem. 14 And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, What is this? that you shall say to him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage: 15 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that opens the womb, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.
  • Num 8:16-17 : 16 For they are wholly given to me among the children of Israel; instead of all who open the womb, the firstborn of all the children of Israel, I have taken them for myself. 17 For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them to myself.
  • Num 18:15 : 15 Everything that opens the womb in all flesh, which they bring to the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be yours: nevertheless the firstborn of man you shall surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts you shall redeem.

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    20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told to them.

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    22 And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were completed, they brought him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord

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    24 and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.

    25 And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

    26 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.

    27 And he came by the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the law,

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    22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,

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    39 And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth.

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    14 You will have joy and gladness; and many will rejoice at his birth.

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    3 And on the eighth day, the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

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