Luk 2:22 | RWP | e4.org | The days of their purification ( α ημερα του καθαρισμου αυτων ). The old manuscripts have "their" ( αυτων ) instead of "her" ( αυτης ) of the later documents. But it is not clear whether "their" refers to Mary and Joseph as is true of "they brought" or to Mary and the child. The mother was Levitically unclean for forty days after the birth of a son ( ). To present him to the Lord ( παραστησα τω Κυριω ). Every first-born son was thus redeemed by the sacrifice ( ) as a memorial of the sparing of the Israelitish families ( .). The cost was about two dollars and a half in our money.

‏ Luke 2:22

The days of their purification ( α ημερα του καθαρισμου αυτων ). The old manuscripts have "their" ( αυτων ) instead of "her" ( αυτης ) of the later documents. But it is not clear whether "their" refers to Mary and Joseph as is true of "they brought" or to Mary and the child. The mother was Levitically unclean for forty days after the birth of a son (Le 12:1-8).

To present him to the Lord ( παραστησα τω Κυριω ). Every first-born son was thus redeemed by the sacrifice (Ex 13:2-12) as a memorial of the sparing of the Israelitish families (Nu 18:15f.). The cost was about two dollars and a half in our money.