Leviticus 12
Lexham English Bible
Purification After Childbirth
12 Then[a] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the Israelites,[b] saying, ‘When a woman becomes pregnant and she gives birth to a male,[c] then[d] she shall be unclean seven days—as in the time of her menstrual bleeding, she shall become unclean. 3 And on the eighth day his foreskin’s flesh shall be circumcised. 4 And for thirty-three days she shall stay in the blood of her cleansing; she must not touch any holy object, and she may not come to the sanctuary until the fulfilling of the days of her cleansing. 5 But[e] if she gives birth to a female,[f] then[g] she shall be unclean for two weeks as in her menstruation, and for sixty-six days she shall stay through[h] the blood of her cleansing. 6 And at the fulfilling of the days of her cleansing, whether for a son or for a daughter, she must bring to the priest at the tent of assembly’s entrance a yearling[i] male lamb as a burnt offering and young dove[j] or a turtledove as a sin offering. 7 And the priest shall present it before[k] Yahweh, and he shall make atonement for her, so that[l] she shall be clean from the flow of her blood. This is the regulation of childbearing[m] for the male[n] or for the female.[o] 8 And if she cannot afford[p] a sheep,[q] then[r] she shall take two turtledoves or two young doves[s]—one as a burnt offering and one as a sin offering—and the priest shall make atonement for her, so that[t] she shall be clean.’”
Footnotes
- Leviticus 12:1 Or “And”
- Leviticus 12:2 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Leviticus 12:2 Or “son”
- Leviticus 12:2 Or “and”
- Leviticus 12:5 Or “And”
- Leviticus 12:5 Or “daughter”
- Leviticus 12:5 Or “and”
- Leviticus 12:5 Or “at” or “on”
- Leviticus 12:6 Literally “a son of his year”
- Leviticus 12:6 Literally “son of a dove”
- Leviticus 12:7 Literally “to the faces of”
- Leviticus 12:7 Or “and”
- Leviticus 12:7 Literally “the childbearing”
- Leviticus 12:7 Or “son”
- Leviticus 12:7 Or “daughter”
- Leviticus 12:8 Literally “her hand does not find enough”
- Leviticus 12:8 Or “small livestock”
- Leviticus 12:8 Or “and”
- Leviticus 12:8 Literally “sons of a dove”
- Leviticus 12:8 Or “and”
Leviticus 12
New Living Translation
Purification after Childbirth
12 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. If a woman becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son, she will be ceremonially unclean for seven days, just as she is unclean during her menstrual period. 3 On the eighth day the boy’s foreskin must be circumcised. 4 After waiting thirty-three days, she will be purified from the bleeding of childbirth. During this time of purification, she must not touch anything that is set apart as holy. And she must not enter the sanctuary until her time of purification is over. 5 If a woman gives birth to a daughter, she will be ceremonially unclean for two weeks, just as she is unclean during her menstrual period. After waiting sixty-six days, she will be purified from the bleeding of childbirth.
6 “When the time of purification is completed for either a son or a daughter, the woman must bring a one-year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or turtledove for a purification offering. She must bring her offerings to the priest at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[a] 7 The priest will then present them to the Lord to purify her.[b] Then she will be ceremonially clean again after her bleeding at childbirth. These are the instructions for a woman after the birth of a son or a daughter.
8 “If a woman cannot afford to bring a lamb, she must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons. One will be for the burnt offering and the other for the purification offering. The priest will sacrifice them to purify her, and she will be ceremonially clean.”
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