And her months were added to the child.
2And the child was two years old, and Joachim said: Let us take her up to the temple of the Lord, that we may pay the vow that we have vowed, lest perchance the Lord send to us, and our offering be not received.
3And Anna said: Let us wait for the third year, in order that the child may not seek for father or mother.
4And Joachim said: So let us wait.
5And the child was three years old, and Joachim said: Invite the daughters of the Hebrews that are undefiled, and let them take each a lamp, and let them stand with the lamps burning, that the child may not turn back, and her heart be captivated from the temple of the Lord.
6And they did so until they went up into the temple of the Lord.
7And the priest received her, and kissed her, and blessed her, saying: The Lord has magnified thy name in all generations.
8In thee, on the last of the days, the Lord will manifest His redemption to the sons of Israel.
9And he set her down upon the third step of the altar, and the Lord God sent grace upon her; and she danced with her feet, and all the house of Israel loved her.