(As it is written in the law of the Lord,
Every male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Every male opening the womb. This translation is more conformable to the doctrine of the Fathers, that Christ was born without opening the womb; which Ven. Bede calls the doctrine of the Catholic Church. (Witham)
See Exodus xiii. 2. and Numbers viii. 16.
