and two doves or two young pigeons. Even poor people can afford those things. One bird will be a sin offering, and the other will be a burnt offering.
Leviticus 14:30 - Easy To Read Version “Then the priest must offer one of the doves or young pigeons. (He must offer whatever the person can afford.) Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can get; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he shall offer one of the turtledoves or of the young pigeons, such as he is able to get, American Standard Version (1901) And he shall offer one of the turtle-doves, or of the young pigeons, such as he is able to get, Common English Bible The person will then offer one of the turtledoves or pigeons, whatever they can afford— Catholic Public Domain Version And he shall offer a turtledove or a young pigeon, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he shall offer a turtle, or young pigeon: |
and two doves or two young pigeons. Even poor people can afford those things. One bird will be a sin offering, and the other will be a burnt offering.
The priest will put the oil that is left in his palm on the head of the person to be made clean. In this way, the priest will make that person pure [210] before the Lord.
He must offer one of these birds as a sin offering and the other bird as a burnt offering. He must offer the birds with the grain offering. In this way, the priest will make that person pure [211] before the Lord. And that person will become clean. [212] ”
“If the person can’t afford a lamb, he must bring two doves or two young pigeons to the Lord. These will be the guilt offering for his sin. One bird must be for a sin offering, and the other must be for a burnt offering.
The law of the Lord also says that the people must give a sacrifice {\cf2\super [33]} : “You must sacrifice two doves or two young pigeons.” {\cf2\super [34]} So Joseph and Mary went to Jerusalem to do this.
The law {\cf2\super [61]} was without power because the law was made weak by our sinful selves. But God did what the law could not do. God sent his own Son to earth with the same human life that other people use for sin. God sent his Son to be an offering to pay for sin. So God used a human life to condemn (destroy) sin.