And when eight days were fulfilled to circumcise Him, His name was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.

And when the days for their purification according to the law of Moses were fulfilled, they brought Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord

(Even as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”)

And to give a sacrifice according to what is said in the  ¹law of the Lord:  ²A pair of turtledoves or two young doves.

And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. And this man was  ¹righteous and devout, waiting for the  ²consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

And it had been divinely communicated to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.

And he came in the Spirit into the temple; and when the parents brought in the little child Jesus for them to do according to the custom of the law concerning Him,

He received Him into his arms and blessed God and said,

Now You release Your slave, Master, according to Your word, in peace;

For my eyes have seen Your  ¹salvation,

Which You have prepared before the face of all the peoples,

A  ¹light for revelation to the Gentiles and the glory of Your people Israel.

And His father and mother marveled at the things being spoken about Him.

And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary His mother, Behold, this One is  ¹appointed for the falling and rising up of many in Israel and for a  ²sign spoken against —

And a  ¹sword will pierce through your own soul also — so that the reasonings of many hearts may be  ²revealed.

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, a daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was well advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from her virginity,

 ¹And she was a widow up to the age of eighty-four, who did not depart from the temple,  ²serving God with fastings and petitions night and day.

And at that very hour she came up and returned thanks to God, and spoke concerning Him to all those waiting for the  ¹redemption  ²of Jerusalem.

And when they had finished all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city,  ¹Nazareth.

And the little child  ¹grew and became strong, being filled with  ²wisdom, and the  ³grace of God was upon Him.

And His parents went year by year to Jerusalem at the Feast of the Passover.

And when He became  ¹twelve years old, they went up according to the  ²custom of the feast.

And when they had completed the days, while they were returning, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, and His parents did not know it.

But supposing that He was in the company, they went a day's journey and sought Him among their relatives and acquaintances.

And when they did not find Him, they returned to Jerusalem searching for Him.

And after three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them and questioning them.

And all those who heard Him were amazed at His understanding and His answers.

And when they saw Him, they were astounded; and His mother said to Him, Child, why have You treated us like this? Behold, Your father and I, being  ¹greatly distressed, have been seeking You.

And He said to them, Why is it that you were seeking Me? Did you not know that I  ¹must be  ²in the things of  ³My Father?

And they did not understand the word which He spoke to them.

And He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was  ¹subject to them. And His mother carefully kept all these things in her heart.

And Jesus advanced in wisdom and  ¹stature and in the  ²grace manifested in Him before God and men.

 ¹You are the children of Jehovah your God; you shall not cut yourselves nor shave your forehead for the dead.

For you are a holy people to Jehovah your God, and Jehovah has chosen you to be a people for His  ¹personal treasure, from among all the peoples which are upon the face of the earth.

You shall not  ¹eat any abominable thing.

These are the animals which you may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat;

The deer, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, the mountain sheep.

And every animal that  ¹has a divided hoof, that is, has its hoof split in two, and that chews the cud among the animals, that you may eat.

However, these you shall not eat of those that chew the cud or of those that  ¹have a cleft hoof: the camel, the hare, and the hyrax; because although they chew the cud, they do not have a divided hoof; they are unclean to you.

And the pig, because although it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud; it is unclean to you. You shall not eat of their flesh, nor shall you touch their carcasses.

These you may eat of all that are in the water: Anything that has fins and scales you may eat,

But anything that does not have fins and scales you shall not eat; it is unclean to you.

You may eat any clean bird.

But these are what you shall not eat: the great vulture, the bearded vulture, and the black vulture;

The kite, the falcon, and the kite of every kind;

And all ravens of every kind;

The ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, and the hawk of every kind;

The little owl, the great owl, the white owl,

The pelican, the carrion vulture, the cormorant,

The stork, the heron of every kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.

And all  ¹flying insects are unclean to you; they shall not be eaten.

You may eat any clean flying animal.

You shall not eat any carcass; to the sojourner who is within your gates you may give it that he may eat it; or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people to Jehovah your God. You shall not  ¹boil a kid in its mother's milk.

You must give a tenth of all the produce of your seed, which the field brings forth, year by year.

And you shall eat  ¹before Jehovah your God, in the place where He will choose to cause His name to dwell, the tithe of your grain, of your new wine, and of your fresh oil and the firstborn of your herd and flock, that you may learn to fear Jehovah your God always.

But if the way is so far away from you that you are not able to carry your tithe, because the place where Jehovah your God will choose to set His name is too far away from you when Jehovah your God has blessed you,

Then you shall exchange it for money and bind up the money in your hand, and you shall go to the place which Jehovah your God will choose.

And you shall exchange the money for anything that your soul desires, for oxen, for sheep, for wine, for strong drink, or for anything that your soul would like; and you and your household shall eat there before Jehovah your God and rejoice.

But you shall not forsake the Levite who is within your gates, for he has no portion nor inheritance with you.

At the end of every three years you shall bring forth all the  ¹tithe of your produce for that year and lay it within your gates;

And the Levite shall come — for he has no portion nor inheritance with you — as well as the sojourner and the orphan and the widow who are within your gates; and they shall eat and be satisfied, so that Jehovah your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.

At the end of every seven years you shall issue a release.

And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor shall release from his hand that which he has lent to his neighbor; he shall not exact it from his neighbor or his brother, for Jehovah's release has been proclaimed.

From the foreigner you may exact the debt; but whatever of yours your brother has, your hand shall release.

However, there shall not be any needy among you (for Jehovah will surely bless you in the land which Jehovah your God is giving you as an inheritance to possess),

But only if you carefully listen to the voice of Jehovah your God and are certain to do all this commandment which I am commanding you today.

For Jehovah your God will bless you as He has promised you. And you will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow; and you will rule over many nations, but they will not rule over you.

If among you there is a  ¹needy one amidst your brothers within any of your gates in your land, which Jehovah your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart and you shall not close up your hand from your needy brother;

But you must open your hand to him, and you must lend enough for his need in whatever he lacks.

Be careful that there is not within your heart a base thought  ¹like this: The seventh year, the year of release, is near; and your eye be evil against your needy brother and you do not give him anything, and he cry against you to Jehovah, and it become sin to you.

You must give to him, and your heart shall not be displeased when you give to him; for on account of this matter Jehovah your God will bless you in all your work and in all your undertakings.

For the needy will not cease being in the land; therefore I am commanding you, saying, You must open your hand to your brother, to the poor one with you and to the needy one with you in your land.

 ¹If your brother, a Hebrew man or woman, is sold to you, he shall serve you six years; but in the seventh year you shall set him  ²free.

And when you set him free, you shall not send him away empty-handed;

You must supply him richly from your flock and from your threshing floor and from your winepress; as Jehovah your God has blessed you, so shall you give to him.

And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt and that Jehovah your God ransomed you; therefore I am commanding you this thing today.

And if he says to you, I will not go forth from you, because he loves you and your household, for it goes well with him to be with you;

Then you shall take an awl and run it through his ear and into the door, and he shall be your servant forever; and thus also shall you do to your female servant.

You shall not view it as a hardship when you set him free; for he served you for six years, saving you double the wages of a hired hand, and Jehovah your God will bless you in all that you do.

All firstborn males that are brought forth in your herd and in your flock you shall sanctify to Jehovah your God; you shall not do work with your firstborn ox, nor shall you shear your firstborn sheep.

You and your household shall eat it before Jehovah your God year by year in the place which Jehovah will choose.

And if there is a blemish in it, lameness or blindness, any serious blemish, you shall not sacrifice it to Jehovah your God.

You shall eat it within your gates; the unclean and the clean alike may eat it as the gazelle and the deer are eaten.

However, you shall not eat its blood; you shall pour it out upon the earth like water.

Observe the month of Abib, and hold the  ¹Passover to Jehovah your God; for in the month of Abib Jehovah your God brought you out of Egypt by night.

And you shall sacrifice the passover to Jehovah your God, from the flock and from the herd, in the place where Jehovah will choose to cause His name to dwell.

You shall not eat anything leavened with it; seven days you shall eat unleavened bread with it, that is, the bread of affliction (for in alarmed haste you came out of the land of Egypt); in order that you may remember the day of your coming out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life.

And leaven shall not be seen with you in all your territory for seven days, nor shall any of the flesh which you sacrifice in the evening on the first day remain until morning.

You may not sacrifice the passover within any of your gates, which Jehovah your God is giving you;

Rather, in the place where Jehovah your God will choose to cause His name to dwell, you shall sacrifice the passover in the evening, as the sun sets, at the time that you came out of Egypt.

And you shall cook and eat it in the place which Jehovah your God will choose, and you shall turn in the morning and go to your tents.

Six days you shall eat unleavened bread. And on the seventh day there shall be a solemn assembly to Jehovah your God; you shall not do any work.

You shall count off for yourself seven weeks. You shall begin to count the seven weeks from the time that you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain.

And you shall hold the Feast of Weeks to Jehovah your God according to the sufficiency of the freewill offering of your hand, which you will give, as Jehovah your God blesses you.

And you and your son and daughter, and your male servant and female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates and the sojourner and the orphan and the widow who are in your midst shall rejoice before Jehovah your God in the place where Jehovah your God will choose to cause His name to dwell.

And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and you shall keep and do these statutes.

You shall hold the Feast of  ¹Tabernacles for seven days after your ingathering from your threshing floor and your winepress.

And you and your son and daughter, and your male servant and female servant, and the Levite and the sojourner and the orphan and the widow who are within your gates shall rejoice in your feast.

You shall keep the feast to Jehovah your God for seven days in the place which Jehovah will choose, for Jehovah your God will bless you in all your produce and in all your undertakings; therefore you shall be nothing but joyful.

Three times a year all your males shall appear before Jehovah your God in the place which He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Tabernacles. And they shall not appear before Jehovah empty-handed;

Each man shall give as he is able to give, according to the blessing of Jehovah your God, which He has given you.

You shall appoint for yourself  ¹judges and officers  ²in all your cities which Jehovah your God is giving you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

You shall not distort justice; you shall not respect persons, nor shall you take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

Righteousness, and only righteousness, shall you pursue, in order that you may live and possess the land which Jehovah your God is giving you.

You shall not plant for yourself an  ¹Asherah of any kind of tree beside the  ¹altar of Jehovah your God, which you will make for yourself;

Nor shall you erect for yourself a pillar, something which Jehovah your God hates.