Purification After Childbirth
12:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
12:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman
have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be
unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation
for her infirmity shall she be unclean.
12:3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall
be circumcised.
12:4 And she shall then continue in the blood of her
purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed
thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her
purifying be fulfilled.
12:5 But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be
unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall
continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six
days.
12:6 And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for
a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the
first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a
turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest:
12:7 Who shall offer it before the LORD, and make an
atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue
of her blood. This is the law for her that hath born a male
or a female.
12:8 And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall
bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the
burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the
priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be
clean.
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