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

Luke 2:24

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  • And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest: …

  • Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.

  • For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 21-24)

Our Lord Jesus, being made of a woman , was made under the law , Gal. 4:4. He was not only, as the son of a daughter of Adam, made under the law of nature , but as the son of a daughter of Abraham was made under the law of Moses ; he put his neck under that yoke, though it was a heavy yoke, and a shadow of good things to come . Though its institutions were beggarly elements , and rudiments of this…

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