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to tell the Israelites these things:

When a woman produces offspring[a] and gives birth to a male, she will become unclean for seven days just as she is unclean during the time of her monthly period. On the eighth day, the foreskin of his flesh[b] shall be circumcised. She will remain in the process of being purified from her flow of blood for thirty-three days. She shall not touch any holy thing nor enter the sanctuary until her period of purification is complete.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 12:2 Literally produces seed. The term might mean becomes pregnant.
  2. Leviticus 12:3 Literally the flesh of his foreskin. Flesh serves as a euphemism for penis. Many English translations simply omit the reference to flesh.