unfoldingWord_en_tn/luk/02/22.md

# When the required number ... had passed

This shows the passing of time before this new event. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-newevent]])

# the required number of days

This can be stated in active form. AT: "the number of days that God required" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# for their purification

"for them to become ceremonially clean." You can also state God's role. AT: "for God to consider them to be clean again" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# to present him to the Lord

"to bring him to the Lord" or "to bring him into the Lord's presence." This was a ceremony acknowledging God's claim on the firstborn children who were male.
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# When the required number ... had passed`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This shows the passing of time before this new event. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-newevent]])`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# the required number of days`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This can be stated in active form. AT: "the number of days that God required" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# for their purification`

			`"for them to become ceremonially clean." You can also state God's role. AT: "for God to consider them to be clean again" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])`

			`# to present him to the Lord`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
			`"to bring him to the Lord" or "to bring him into the Lord's presence." This was a ceremony acknowledging God's claim on the firstborn children who were male.`