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. Alternate translation: "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. Alternate translation: "for God to consider them clean again" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/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.