# When the required number ... had passed This shows the passing of time before this new event. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-newevent]]) # the required number of days This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "the number of days that God required" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]]) # for their purification "for them to become ceremonially clean." You can also state God's role. Alternate translation: "for God to consider them clean again" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]]) # they brought him up to the temple "Mary and Joseph brought the baby up to the temple" # 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.