Luke 2:24

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

and they offered a sacrifice according to what is stated in the law of the Lord, “a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”

Cross References

Leviticus 1:14

“If your offering to the Lord is a burnt offering of birds, you shall choose your offering from turtledoves or pigeons.

Leviticus 12:2

“Speak to the Israelites, saying: “If a woman conceives and bears a male child, she shall be unclean seven days; as at the time of her menstruation, she shall be unclean.

Leviticus 5:11

“But if you cannot afford two turtledoves or two pigeons, you shall bring as your offering for the sin that you have committed one-tenth of an ephah of choice flour for a purification offering; you shall not put oil on it or lay frankincense on it, for it is a purification offering.

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you know the generous act of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.