The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Leviticus 12
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘If a woman conceives, and bears a
male child,thenshe shall beuncleanseven
days; as in the days of her monthly period
she shall be unclean.
3 In the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
4 She shall continue in the blood of purification thirty-three days. She shall not
touch any holy thing, nor come into the
sanctuary, until the days of her purifying
are completed.
5 But if she bears a female child, then
she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her
period; and she shall continue in the blood
of purification sixty-six days.
6 “ ‘When the days of her purification
are completed for a son or for a daughter,
she shall bring to the priest at the door of
the Tent of Meeting, a year old lamb for
a burnt offering, and a young pigeon or a
turtledove, for a sin offering.
7 He shall offer it before Yahweh, and
make atonement for her; then she shall be
cleansed from the fountain of her blood.
“ ‘This is the law for her who bears,
whether a male or a female.
8 If she cannot afford a lamb, then she
shall take two turtledoves or two young
pigeons: the one for a burnt offering, and
the other for a sin offering. The priest shall
make atonement for her, and she shall be
clean.’ ”