en_tn/luk/02/23.md

As it is written

This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "As Moses wrote" or "They did this because Moses wrote" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)

Every male who opens the womb

"open the womb" here is an idiom that refers to the first baby coming out of the womb. This referred to both animals and people. Alternate translation: "Every firstborn offspring who is a male" or "Every firstborn son" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)