Lev 12:2-5 | NASB2020 | STEP | “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 ; as she is in the days of her menstruation , she shall be unclean .

Leviticus 12:2-5

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.