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Leviticus 12:2–8

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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.e 3On the eighth dayf the boy is to be circumcised.g 4Then 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. 5If 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,h she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting a year-old lambi for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a dove for a sin offering.aj 7He 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. 8But if she cannot afford a lamb, she is to bring two doves or two young pigeons,k one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering.l In this way the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean.m’ ”

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Footnotes

  1. aOr purification offering; also in verse 8

Cross references

  1. eLev 15:19; 18:19; Isa 64:6; Eze 18:6; 22:10; 36:17
  2. fSee Ex 22:30
  3. gSee Ge 17:10; See Lk 1:59
  4. hLk 2:22
  5. iEx 29:38; Lev 23:12; Nu 6:12, 14; 7:15
  6. jLev 5:7
  7. kSee Ge 15:9; Lev 14:22
  8. lLev 5:7; Lk 2:22–24*
  9. mSee Lev 4:26