Աստվածաշնչի համարներ Child Dedication

For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him:

And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.

And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord;

For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.

And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.

And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the Lord slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.

Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.

And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;

And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the Lord before Eli the priest.

I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly.

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

(As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)

And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,

And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the Lord) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,