Leviticus 12
Laws of Motherhood
1Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2“Speak to the sons of Israel, saying: ‘When a woman ▼▼ Lit produces seed
gives birth and bears a male child, then she shall be unclean for seven days, bas in the days of ▼▼ Lit the impurity of her sickness
her menstruation she shall be unclean. 3‘On dthe eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. 4‘Then she shall remain in the blood of her purification for thirty-three days; she shall not touch any consecrated thing, nor enter the sanctuary until the days of her purification are completed. 5‘But if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean for two weeks, as in her ▼▼ Lit impurity
menstruation; and she shall remain in the blood of her purification for sixty-six days. 6‘ fWhen the days of her purification are completed, for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the doorway of the tent of meeting a one year old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove gfor a sin offering. 7‘Then he shall offer it before the Lord and make atonement for her, and she shall be cleansed from the ▼▼ Lit fountain
flow of her blood. This is the law for her who bears a child, whether a male or a female. 8‘But if ▼▼ Lit her hand does not find a sufficiency of a lamb
she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take jtwo turtledoves or two young pigeons, kthe one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering; and the lpriest shall make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’”
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