Leviticus 12:1–8

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,m she will be unclean seven days, as she is during the days of her menstrual impurity.n 3 The flesh of his foreskino must be circumcisedp on the eighth day.q 4 She will continue in purificationr from her bleedings 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* 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 meansC,t 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.”