Jesus Is Presented in the Temple

²² When the ·time came [^Ldays were fulfilled] for ·Mary and Joseph to do what the law of Moses taught about being made pure [^Ltheir purification according the law of Moses; ^Can animal sacrifice and ritual cleansing forty days after the birth of a son; see Lev. 12:2–8], they took Jesus [^Lup] to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord. ²³ ([^LJust as] It is written in the law of the Lord: “Every ·firstborn male [^Lmale who opens the womb; ^Can idiom for a firstborn] shall be ·given [set apart; consecrated; ^Lcalled holy] to the Lord” [Ex. 13:2].) ²⁴ Mary and Joseph also went to offer a sacrifice, as the law of the Lord says: “You must sacrifice two ·doves [or turtledoves] or two young pigeons [Lev. 5:11; 12:8].”