thirty-three or sixty-six days is deemed altogether clean. The important point to note is that vaginal blood is not always deemed a mark of uncleanness. But, we also notice, a rite of purification is required for the vaginal flow that is classified as unclean. So in that regard—the cultic purification-rite—the woman after childbirth is comparable to the Zabah and not to the woman who has menstruated, so Lev. 15:1–33. Scripture’s point of emphasis throughout is on three matters, [1] the character