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# When the required number ... had passed
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This shows the passing of time before this new event. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-newevent]])
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# the required number of days
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "the number of days that God required" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# for their purification
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"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]])
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# they brought him up to the temple
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"Mary and Joseph brought the baby up to the temple"
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# to present him to the Lord
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"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.
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