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Leviticus 12  New International Version

Purification After Childbirth

12 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Say to the Israelites: ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be ceremonially unclean for seven days, just as she is unclean during her monthly period.(A) 3 On the eighth day(B) the boy is to be circumcised.(C) 4 Then the woman must wait thirty-three days to be purified from her bleeding. She must not touch anything sacred or go to the sanctuary until the days of her purification are over. 5 If she gives birth to a daughter, for two weeks the woman will be unclean, as during her period. Then she must wait sixty-six days to be purified from her bleeding.

6 “‘When the days of her purification for a son or daughter are over,(D) she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting a year-old lamb(E) for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a dove for a sin offering.[a](F) 7 He shall offer them before the Lord to make atonement for her, and then she will be ceremonially clean from her flow of blood.

“‘These are the regulations for the woman who gives birth to a boy or a girl. 8 But if she cannot afford a lamb, she is to bring two doves or two young pigeons,(G) one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering.(H) In this way the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean.(I)’”

Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 12:6 Or purification offering; also in verse 8

Cross references

  1. Leviticus 12:2 : Lev 15:19; 18:19; Isa 64:6; Eze 18:6; 22:10; 36:17
  2. Leviticus 12:3 : S Ex 22:30
  3. Leviticus 12:3 : S Ge 17:10; S Lk 1:59
  4. Leviticus 12:6 : Lk 2:22
  5. Leviticus 12:6 : Ex 29:38; Lev 23:12; Nu 6:12, 14; 7:15
  6. Leviticus 12:6 : Lev 5:7
  7. Leviticus 12:8 : S Ge 15:9; Lev 14:22
  8. Leviticus 12:8 : Lev 5:7; Lk 2:22-24*
  9. Leviticus 12:8 : S Lev 4:26
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Leviticus 12  New King James Version

The Ritual After Childbirth(A)

12 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘If a (B)woman has conceived, and borne a male child, then (C)she shall be [a]unclean seven days; (D)as in the days of her customary impurity she shall be unclean. 3 And on the (E)eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. 4 She shall then continue in the blood of her purification thirty-three days. She shall not touch any [b]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 (F)‘When the days of her purification are fulfilled, whether for a son or a daughter, she shall bring to the priest a (G)lamb [c]of the first year as a burnt offering, and a young pigeon or a turtledove as a (H)sin offering, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting. 7 Then he shall offer it before the Lord, and make [d]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 (I)‘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. (J)So the priest shall make atonement for her, and she will be [e]clean.’ ”

Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 12:2 impure
  2. Leviticus 12:4 consecrated
  3. Leviticus 12:6 Lit. a son of his year
  4. Leviticus 12:7 Lit. covering
  5. Leviticus 12:8 pure

Cross references

  1. Leviticus 12:1 : cf. Luke 2:22–24
  2. Leviticus 12:2 : Lev. 15:19; [Job 14:4; Ps. 51:5]
  3. Leviticus 12:2 : Ex. 22:30; Lev. 8:33; 13:4; Luke 2:22
  4. Leviticus 12:2 : Lev. 18:19
  5. Leviticus 12:3 : Gen. 17:12; Luke 1:59; 2:21; John 7:22, 23; Gal. 5:3
  6. Leviticus 12:6 : Luke 2:22
  7. Leviticus 12:6 : [John 1:29; 1 Pet. 1:18, 19]
  8. Leviticus 12:6 : Lev. 5:7
  9. Leviticus 12:8 : Lev. 5:7; Luke 2:22–24
  10. Leviticus 12:8 : Lev. 4:26
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