Lìwèijì 12:8

8 Tāde lìliang ruò bù gòu xiàn yī zhī yánggāo , tā jiù yào qǔ liǎng zhī bānjiū huò shì liǎng zhī chú gē , yī zhī wèi Fánjì , yī zhī wèi shú zuì jì . jìsī yào wèi tā shú zuì , tā jiù jiéjìng le .

Lìwèijì 12:8 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 12:8

And if she be not able to bring a lamb
As everyone was not in circumstances sufficient to be at the expense of buying a lamb for this purpose, having none of their own:

then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons;
which was a kind and merciful provision for the poorer sort; since it was necessary that by them the favour received should be acknowledged, as well as the sin attending them in such circumstances should be atoned for. This being the offering brought by the mother of our Lord, shows the state of poverty in which she was; and by this, and the circumcision of her child, and the presentation of it before the Lord at the time of her purification, it appears that they were both under the law, and obedient to it:

the one for a burnt offering, and the other for a sin [offering];
Jarchi observes, that in oblations the sin offering goes before the burnt offering, for sin being atoned for, the gift was accepted; but here the burnt offering went first, the reason is not very apparent:

and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be
clean;
equally the same as if she had brought a lamb, instead of young pigeons, or turtledoves.

Lìwèijì 12:8 In-Context

6 Mǎn le jiéjìng de rìzi , wúlùn shì wèi nánhái shì wèi nǚhái , tā yào bǎ yī suì de yánggāo wèi Fánjì , yī zhī chú gē huò shì yī zhǐ bānjiū wèi shú zuì jì , daì dào huì mù ménkǒu jiāo gĕi jìsī .

7 Jìsī yào xiàn zaì Yēhéhuá miànqián , wèi tā shú zuì , tāde xuè yuán jiù jiéjìng le . zhè tiaólì shì wèi shēngyù de fùrén , wúlùn shì shēng nán shēng nǚ .

8 Tāde lìliang ruò bù gòu xiàn yī zhī yánggāo , tā jiù yào qǔ liǎng zhī bānjiū huò shì liǎng zhī chú gē , yī zhī wèi Fánjì , yī zhī wèi shú zuì jì . jìsī yào wèi tā shú zuì , tā jiù jiéjìng le .