Luke 2:23 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²³ (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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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ (as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ As it is written in the Law of the Lord, Every [firstborn] male that opens the womb shall be set apart and dedicated and called holy to the Lord–[Exod. 13:1, 2, 12; Num. 8:17.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ (as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord),

Common English Bible

²³ It’s written in the Law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male will be dedicated to the Lord.”)

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ just as it is written in the law of the Lord, "For every male opening the womb shall be called holy to the Lord,"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ As it is written in the law of the Lord: Every male opening the womb shall be called holy to the Lord:

Luke 2:23 Cross References

Exodus 13:2

“Consecrate to me all the first-born; whatever is the first to open the womb among the people of Israel, both of man and of beast, is mine.”

Exodus 22:29

“You shall not delay to offer from the fulness of your harvest and from the outflow of your presses. “The first-born of your sons you shall give to me.

Exodus 34:19

All that opens the womb is mine, all your male cattle, the firstlings of cow and sheep.

Numbers 18:15

Everything that opens the womb of all flesh, whether man or beast, which they offer to the Lord, shall be yours; nevertheless the first-born of man you shall redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts you shall redeem.

Numbers 3:13

for all the first-born are mine; on the day that I slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt, I consecrated for my own all the first-born in Israel, both of man and of beast; they shall be mine: I am the Lord.”