Leviticus 12
American Standard Version
12 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman conceive seed, and bear a man-child, then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of the [a]impurity of her sickness shall she be unclean. 3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. 4 And she shall continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled. 5 But if she bear a maid-child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her [b]impurity; and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days.
6 And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb a year old for a burnt-offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtle-dove, for a sin-offering, unto the door of the tent of meeting, unto the priest: 7 and he shall offer it before Jehovah, and make atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the fountain of her blood. This is the law for her that beareth, whether a male or a female. 8 And if her means suffice not for a lamb, then she shall take two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons; the one for a burnt-offering, and the other for a sin-offering: and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean.
Footnotes
- Leviticus 12:2 Or, separation
- Leviticus 12:5 Or, separation
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”
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