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Leviticus 12

Laws of Motherhood

1 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying:

‘When a woman gives birth and delivers a male child, then she shall be unclean for seven days; ^aas she is in the days of her menstruation, she shall be unclean. 3 Then on ^bthe eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. 4 And she shall stay at home in her condition of ^{▼▼Lit blood of purifying; i.e., ritually clean blood from childbirth}blood 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 gives birth to a female child, then she shall be unclean for two weeks, as in her menstruation; and she shall stay at home in her condition of ^{▼▼See note v 4}blood purification for sixty-six days.

6 ‘ ^eWhen 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 as a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove ^fas a ^{▼▼Or purification offering}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 gives birth to a child, whether a male or a female. 8 But if ^{▼▼Lit her hand does not find enough for}she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take ^jtwo turtledoves or two young doves, ^kthe one as a burnt offering and the other as a ^{▼▼Or purification offering}sin offering; and the ^mpriest shall make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’”