Leviticus Chapter 12 Back Next{12:1} Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
{12:2} "Speak to the children of
Israel, saying, 'If a woman conceives, and bears a male child, then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of her monthly period she shall be unclean.
{12:3} In the eighth day the
flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
{12:4} She shall continue in the
blood of purification thirty-three days. She shall not touch any holy thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying are completed.
{12:5} But if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her period; and she shall continue in the blood of purification sixty-six days.
{12:6} "'When the days of her purification are completed, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the door of the Tent of Meeting, a year old
lamb for a
burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering:
{12:7} and he shall offer it before Yahweh, and make
atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the fountain of her blood. "'This is the
law for her who bears, whether a male or a female.
{12:8} If she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves, 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.'"
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