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.’”
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- 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
Christian Standard Bible
Purification after Childbirth
12 The Lord spoke to Moses: 2 “Tell the Israelites: When a woman becomes pregnant and gives birth to a male child,(A) she will be unclean seven days, as she is during the days of her menstrual impurity.(B) 3 The flesh of his foreskin(C) must be circumcised(D) on the eighth day.(E) 4 She will continue in purification(F) from her bleeding(G) for thirty-three days. She must not touch any holy thing or go into the sanctuary until completing her days of purification. 5 But if she gives birth to a female child, she will be unclean for two weeks as she is during her menstrual impurity. She will continue in purification from her bleeding for sixty-six days.
6 “When her days of purification are complete, whether for a son or daughter, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting a year-old male lamb for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin[a] offering. 7 He will present them before the Lord and make atonement on her behalf; she will be clean from her discharge of blood. This is the law for a woman giving birth, whether to a male or female. 8 But if she doesn’t have sufficient means[b](H) for a sheep, she may take two turtledoves or two young pigeons,(I) one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. Then the priest will make atonement on her behalf, and she will be clean.”
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