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And the priest shall present it before[a] Yahweh, and he shall make atonement for her, so that[b] she shall be clean from the flow of her blood. This is the regulation of childbearing[c] for the male[d] or for the female.[e] And if she cannot afford[f] a sheep,[g] then[h] she shall take two turtledoves or two young doves[i]—one as a burnt offering and one as a sin offering—and the priest shall make atonement for her, so that[j] she shall be clean.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 12:7 Literally “to the faces of”
  2. Leviticus 12:7 Or “and”
  3. Leviticus 12:7 Literally “the childbearing”
  4. Leviticus 12:7 Or “son”
  5. Leviticus 12:7 Or “daughter”
  6. Leviticus 12:8 Literally “her hand does not find enough”
  7. Leviticus 12:8 Or “small livestock”
  8. Leviticus 12:8 Or “and”
  9. Leviticus 12:8 Literally “sons of a dove”
  10. Leviticus 12:8 Or “and”