"... Despite the fact that the book of Leviticus is not frequently quoted among those from the Pentateuch by Mark, Matthew and the Lukan writings, at least one clear allusion and five explicit quotations from Leviticus are to be found in the Synoptic Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles ... The explicit reference to “two turtledoves” or to “two young pigeons” is frequently found in Leviticus (LXX Leviticus 5:7, 11; 12:8; 14:22; 15:14, 29). The Septuagint presents a fairly literal translation of the Hebrew text of Leviticus 5:11 ... It is striking, however, that only LXX Leviticus 5:11 refers to “a pair” (ζεῦγος). The LXX translator translated here the same Hebrew numeral (םִיַ֫נְשׁ), which is used in both phrases in the Hebrew ... despite the fact that most scholars usually and frequently point to Lev 12:8 as the locus for Luke’s quotation - perhaps because its context clearly contains the prescription for postnatal purification. The former trajectory (LXX Lev 5:11) was probably the more established version in the reception tradition. The fact that Luke quotes from Lev 5:11 and not from 12:8 where the context clearly deals with postnatal purification, might be an indication that Luke perhaps quoted a well-known formulation of the prescription from memory and not through first-hand consultation of his Leviticus text ..."