Leviticus 12
12
The Ritual After Childbirth
1Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2“Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘If a #Lev. 15:19; (Job 14:4; Ps. 51:5)woman has conceived, and borne a male child, then #Ex. 22:30; Lev. 8:33; 13:4; Luke 2:22she shall be unclean seven days; #Lev. 18:19as in the days of her customary impurity she shall be unclean. 3And on the #Gen. 17:12; Luke 1:59; 2:21; John 7:22, 23; Gal. 5:3eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. 4She shall then continue in the blood of her purification thirty-three days. She shall not touch any hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary until the days of her purification are fulfilled.
5‘But if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her customary impurity, and she shall continue in the blood of her purification sixty-six days.
6#Luke 2:22‘When the days of her purification are fulfilled, whether for a son or a daughter, she shall bring to the priest a #(John 1:29; 1 Pet. 1:18, 19)lamb of the first year as a burnt offering, and a young pigeon or a turtledove as a #Lev. 5:7sin offering, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting. 7Then he shall offer it before the Lord, and make atonement for her. And she shall be clean from the flow of her blood. This is the law for her who has borne a male or a female.
8#Lev. 5:7; Luke 2:22–24‘And if she is not able to bring a lamb, then she may bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons—one as a burnt offering and the other as a sin offering. #Lev. 4:26So the priest shall make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’ ”
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