Leviticus

Leviticus 12

1The purification of a woman after childbirth: 6her offerings for her purifying.


1AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

2Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a awoman 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.

a ch. 15.19,20. Ps. 51.5. Ro. 5.12,19. Job 14.4.

3And in the beighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

b Ge. 17.11,12. Lu. 2.21; 1.59. Jn. 7.22,23. Col. 2.11. De. 30.6.

4And she shall then ccontinue in the blood of her purifying dthree and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.

c Lu. 2.22. Hag. 2.13. d Lu. 3.23; 22; 23.

5But if she bear ea 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.

e v.2,4. 1Ti. 2.14. Ge. 3.13.

6And fwhen the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she gshall bring 1a 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:

1Heb. a son of his year.

f Lu. 2.22. g ch. 1.10-13; 5.7,10; 15.14,29; 14.22. Nu. 6.10. Jn. 1.29. 1Pe. 1.18,19. He. 7.26. 2Co. 5.21.

7Who shall offer it before the LORD, and make an hatonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that hath born ia male or a female.

h ch. 4.20,26,31,35. He. 9.12-14. 1Co. 7.14. Job 14.4. Ro. 3.23-26. i Ga. 3.28.

8And jif 2she 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: kand the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.

2Heb. her hand find not sufficiency of.

*turtles-turtle-doves.

j ch. 5.7; 1.14; 14.22; 15.14,29. Nu. 6.10. Lu. 2.24. Col. 3.11. 2Co. 8.9. k ch. 4.26.