Leviticus 12
Lexham English Bible
Purification After Childbirth
12 Then[a] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the Israelites,[b] saying, ‘When a woman becomes pregnant and she gives birth to a male,[c] then[d] she shall be unclean seven days—as in the time of her menstrual bleeding, she shall become unclean. 3 And on the eighth day his foreskin’s flesh shall be circumcised. 4 And for thirty-three days she shall stay in the blood of her cleansing; she must not touch any holy object, and she may not come to the sanctuary until the fulfilling of the days of her cleansing. 5 But[e] if she gives birth to a female,[f] then[g] she shall be unclean for two weeks as in her menstruation, and for sixty-six days she shall stay through[h] the blood of her cleansing. 6 And at the fulfilling of the days of her cleansing, whether for a son or for a daughter, she must bring to the priest at the tent of assembly’s entrance a yearling[i] male lamb as a burnt offering and young dove[j] or a turtledove as a sin offering. 7 And the priest shall present it before[k] Yahweh, and he shall make atonement for her, so that[l] she shall be clean from the flow of her blood. This is the regulation of childbearing[m] for the male[n] or for the female.[o] 8 And if she cannot afford[p] a sheep,[q] then[r] she shall take two turtledoves or two young doves[s]—one as a burnt offering and one as a sin offering—and the priest shall make atonement for her, so that[t] she shall be clean.’”
Footnotes
- Leviticus 12:1 Or “And”
- Leviticus 12:2 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Leviticus 12:2 Or “son”
- Leviticus 12:2 Or “and”
- Leviticus 12:5 Or “And”
- Leviticus 12:5 Or “daughter”
- Leviticus 12:5 Or “and”
- Leviticus 12:5 Or “at” or “on”
- Leviticus 12:6 Literally “a son of his year”
- Leviticus 12:6 Literally “son of a dove”
- Leviticus 12:7 Literally “to the faces of”
- Leviticus 12:7 Or “and”
- Leviticus 12:7 Literally “the childbearing”
- Leviticus 12:7 Or “son”
- Leviticus 12:7 Or “daughter”
- Leviticus 12:8 Literally “her hand does not find enough”
- Leviticus 12:8 Or “small livestock”
- Leviticus 12:8 Or “and”
- Leviticus 12:8 Literally “sons of a dove”
- Leviticus 12:8 Or “and”
Leviticus 12
New King James Version
The Ritual After Childbirth(A)
12 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘If a (B)woman has conceived, and borne a male child, then (C)she shall be [a]unclean seven days; (D)as in the days of her customary impurity she shall be unclean. 3 And on the (E)eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. 4 She shall then continue in the blood of her purification thirty-three days. She shall not touch any [b]hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary until the days of her purification are fulfilled.
5 ‘But if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her customary impurity, and she shall continue in the blood of her purification sixty-six days.
6 (F)‘When the days of her purification are fulfilled, whether for a son or a daughter, she shall bring to the priest a (G)lamb [c]of the first year as a burnt offering, and a young pigeon or a turtledove as a (H)sin offering, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting. 7 Then he shall offer it before the Lord, and make [d]atonement for her. And she shall be clean from the flow of her blood. This is the law for her who has borne a male or a female.
8 (I)‘And if she is not able to bring a lamb, then she may bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons—one as a burnt offering and the other as a sin offering. (J)So the priest shall make atonement for her, and she will be [e]clean.’ ”
Footnotes
- Leviticus 12:2 impure
- Leviticus 12:4 consecrated
- Leviticus 12:6 Lit. a son of his year
- Leviticus 12:7 Lit. covering
- Leviticus 12:8 pure
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