7 “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.
7 And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.
7 But if he cannot afford a lamb, then he shall bring for his guilt offering to the Lord two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.
7 And if his means suffice not for a lamb, then he shall bring his trespass-offering for that wherein he hath sinned, two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, unto Jehovah; one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering.
7 If you can’t afford an animal from the flock, you can bring to the LORD as compensation for your sin two doves or two pigeons, one as a purification offering and the other as an entirely burned offering.
“After the time for being made clean [150] is finished, the new mother of a baby girl or boy must bring special sacrifices to the Meeting Tent. [151] She must give those sacrifices to the priest at the entrance of the Meeting Tent. She must bring a one-year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a dove or young pigeon for a sin offering.
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] ”
Then the priest must offer one bird for a sin offering and the other bird for a burnt offering. In this way, the priest will make her pure [255] before the Lord.
“If the person can’t afford two doves or two pigeons, then he must bring 8 cups [47] of fine flour. This will be his sin offering. The person must not put oil on the flour. He must not put frankincense [48] on it, because it is a sin offering.
Tell the people of Israel, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering. And take a calf and a lamb for a burnt offering. The calf and the lamb must each be one year old. There must be nothing wrong with those animals.
“Tell this to the people of Israel: A person might do something bad to another person. (When someone does bad things to other people, he is really sinning against God.) That person is guilty.
Then on the eighth day, that Nazirite must bring two doves and two young pigeons to the priest. He must give them to the priest at the entrance of the Meeting Tent. [91]
Then the priest will offer one as a sin offering. He will offer the other as a burnt offering. The burnt offering will be a payment for the Nazirite’s sin. (He sinned because he was near a dead body.) At that time, the person will again promise to give the hair on his head as a gift to God.
Jesus went into the temple {\cf2\super [285]} area. He threw out all the people that were selling and buying things there. Jesus turned over the tables that belonged to the men that were exchanging different kinds of money. And Jesus turned over the benches of those men that were selling doves.
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.