Leviticus 12

PURIFICATION AFTER CHILDBIRTH

12The Lord spoke to Moses: ²“Tell the Israelites: When a woman becomes pregnant and gives birth to a male child,^m she will be unclean seven days, as she is during the days of her menstrual impurity.^{n 3}The flesh of his foreskin^o must be circumcised^p on the eighth day.^{q 4}She will continue in purification^r from her bleeding^s for thirty-three days. She must not touch any holy thing or go into the sanctuary until completing her days of purification. ⁵But 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 offering. ⁷He 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. ⁸But if she doesn’t have sufficient means^Ct for a sheep, she may take two turtledoves or two young pigeons,^u 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.”