Leviticus 12

That they were poor appears, by their offering (Luke 2:24). A pair of turtledoves, which was the usual offering of the poor (Leviticus 12:8). Christ was so poor, that when he wanted money, he was fain to work a miracle for it (Matthew 17:27).

As Moses was, so Christ; Moses divided the sea as dry land, Christ walked upon it; Moses healed the bitter waters that were sick, Christ raised the dead: all the prejudice is, that he changed the Law of Moses into the rites and institutes of the Christian religion. Answer: That…

22. And after that the days of their "Les jours de la purification d'iceux, ou, d'icelle, assavoir de Marie," (Leviticus 12:6.) -- "The days of the purification of them, or, of her, namely of Mary," (Leviticus 12:6.) purification were fulfilled according to the law of Moses, the…

And it appears yet more remarkably, in the low circumstances of his incarnation. He was conceived in the womb of a poor young woman; whose poverty appeared in that when she came to offer sacrifices for her purification, she brought what was allowed of in the law only in case of…

God's commandment to this duty was first given to Abraham: and that for himself and all his posterity to observe (Genesis 17:10). After this it was in the law laid down as a positive statute (Leviticus 12:3). 2. The practice of the Jews in a faithful and constant observance of t…