^{22 Ref} When the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were fulfilled, they brought him up to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord

^{23 Ref} (as it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord"),

^{24 Ref} and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, "A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons."