Irenaeus Against Heresies Book I

by the following passage: "Every male that openeth the womb."[42]

Tertullian On the Flesh of Christ

Indeed, hers is the womb on account of which it is written of others also: "Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord."[323]

Dubious Hippolytus Fragments

For Moses says, "Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy unto the Lord."[78]

The Arabic Gospel of the Infancy of the Saviour

after His birth they carried Him into the temple, and set Him before the Lord, and offered sacrifices for Him, according to the command-meet of the law of Moses, which is: Every male that openeth the womb shall be called the holy of God.[8]

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