Luke 2:24

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

and to offer a sacrifice according to what is specified in the law of the Lord, a pair of doves or two young pigeons.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 12:6-8 : 6 “‘When the days of her purification are completed for a son or for a daughter, she must bring a one-year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or turtledove for a sin offering to the entrance of the Meeting Tent, to the priest. 7 The priest is to present it before the LORD and make atonement on her behalf, and she will be clean from her flow of blood. This is the law of the one who bears a child, for the male or the female child. 8 If she cannot afford a sheep, then she must take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and one for a sin offering, and the priest is to make atonement on her behalf, and she will be clean.’”
  • 2 Cor 8:9 : 9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that you by his poverty could become rich.
  • Lev 12:2 : 2 “Tell the Israelites,‘When a woman produces offspring and bears a male child, she will be unclean seven days, as she is unclean during the days of her menstruation.

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  • Lev 14:22-23
    2 verses
    82%

    22and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, which are within his means. One will be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.

    23“On the eighth day he must bring them for his purification to the priest at the entrance of the Meeting Tent before the LORD,

  • Luke 2:20-23
    4 verses
    81%

    20So the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen; everything was just as they had been told.

    21At the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was named Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

    22Jesus’ Presentation at the Temple Now when the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, Joseph and Mary brought Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord

    23(just as it is written in the law of the Lord,“Every firstborn male will be set apart to the Lord”),

  • Lev 15:14-15
    2 verses
    77%

    14Then on the eighth day he is to take for himself two turtledoves or two young pigeons, and he is to present himself before the LORD at the entrance of the Meeting Tent and give them to the priest,

    15and the priest is to make one of them a sin offering and the other a burnt offering. So the priest is to make atonement for him before the LORD for his discharge.

  • Lev 14:30-31
    2 verses
    77%

    30“He will then make one of the turtledoves or young pigeons, which are within his means,

    31a sin offering and the other a burnt offering along with the grain offering. So the priest is to make atonement for the one being cleansed before the LORD.

  • Lev 1:14
    77%

    14From the Birds“‘If his offering to the LORD is a burnt offering from the birds, he must present his offering from the turtledoves or from the young pigeons.

  • Lev 12:6-8
    3 verses
    77%

    6“‘When the days of her purification are completed for a son or for a daughter, she must bring a one-year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or turtledove for a sin offering to the entrance of the Meeting Tent, to the priest.

    7The priest is to present it before the LORD and make atonement on her behalf, and she will be clean from her flow of blood. This is the law of the one who bears a child, for the male or the female child.

    8If she cannot afford a sheep, then she must take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and one for a sin offering, and the priest is to make atonement on her behalf, and she will be clean.’”

  • Num 6:10-11
    2 verses
    77%

    10On the eighth day he is to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest, to the entrance to the tent of meeting.

    11Then the priest will offer one for a purification offering and the other as a burnt offering, and make atonement for him, because of his transgression in regard to the corpse. So he must reconsecrate his head on that day.

  • Luke 2:25-29
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    76%

    25The Prophecy of Simeon Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon who was righteous and devout, looking for the restoration of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

    26It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

    27So Simeon, directed by the Spirit, came into the temple courts, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what was customary according to the law,

    28Simeon took him in his arms and blessed God, saying,

    29“Now, according to your word, Sovereign Lord, permit your servant to depart in peace.

  • Lev 15:29-30
    2 verses
    75%

    29Then on the eighth day she must take for herself two turtledoves or two young pigeons and she must bring them to the priest at the entrance of the Meeting Tent,

    30and the priest is to make one a sin offering and the other a burnt offering. So the priest is to make atonement for her before the LORD from her discharge of impurity.

  • Lev 5:7
    74%

    7“‘If he cannot afford an animal from the flock, he must bring his penalty for guilt for his sin that he has committed, two turtledoves or two young pigeons, to the LORD, one for a sin offering and one for a burnt offering.

  • Luke 2:38-39
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    38At that moment, she came up to them and began to give thanks to God and to speak about the child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

    39So when Joseph and Mary had performed everything according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.

  • Lev 5:11
    69%

    11“‘If he cannot afford two turtledoves or two young pigeons, he must bring as his offering for his sin which he has committed a tenth of an ephah of choice wheat flour for a sin offering. He must not place olive oil on it and he must not put frankincense on it, because it is a sin offering.

  • Luke 2:12
    68%

    12This will be a sign for you: You will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a manger.”

  • Num 6:14
    67%

    14and he must present his offering to the LORD: one male lamb in its first year without blemish for a burnt offering, one ewe lamb in its first year without blemish for a purification offering, one ram without blemish for a peace offering,

  • Luke 2:41-42
    2 verses
    67%

    41Jesus in the Temple Now Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem every year for the Feast of the Passover.

    42When he was twelve years old, they went up according to custom.

  • Num 28:9
    67%

    9Weekly Offerings“‘On the Sabbath day, you must offer two unblemished lambs a year old, and two-tenths of an ephah of finely ground flour as a grain offering, mixed with olive oil, along with its drink offering.

  • Gen 15:9
    67%

    9The LORD said to him,“Take for me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon.”

  • Num 28:19
    67%

    19“‘But you must offer to the LORD an offering made by fire, a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven lambs one year old; they must all be unblemished.

  • Num 29:17
    67%

    17“‘On the second day you must offer twelve young bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish,

  • Matt 1:22
    66%

    22This all happened so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled:

  • Lev 23:19
    66%

    19You must also offer one male goat for a sin offering and two yearling lambs for a peace offering sacrifice,

  • Luke 2:6-7
    2 verses
    66%

    6While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child.

    7And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.

  • Luke 1:9
    66%

    9he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the holy place of the Lord and burn incense.

  • Luke 2:32
    65%

    32a light, for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel.”

  • Deut 12:6
    65%

    6And there you must take your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the personal offerings you have prepared, your votive offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.

  • Num 28:3
    65%

    3You will say to them,‘This is the offering made by fire which you must offer to the LORD: two unblemished lambs one year old each day for a continual burnt offering.

  • Exod 29:38
    65%

    38“Now this is what you are to prepare on the altar every day continually: two lambs a year old.

  • Lev 7:11
    65%

    11The Peace Offering“‘This is the law of the peace offering sacrifice which he is to present to the LORD.

  • Luke 2:16
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    16So they hurried off and located Mary and Joseph, and found the baby lying in a manger.

  • Lev 14:10
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    10The Eighth Day Atonement Rituals“On the eighth day he must take two flawless male lambs, one flawless yearling female lamb, three-tenths of an ephah of choice wheat flour as a grain offering mixed with olive oil, and one log of olive oil,

  • Lev 3:7
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    7If he presents a sheep as his offering, he must present it before the LORD.

  • Lev 14:12
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    12“The priest is to take one male lamb and present it for a guilt offering along with the log of olive oil and present them as a wave offering before the LORD.

  • Num 7:57
    65%

    57one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, for a burnt offering;