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Leviticus 12

CHAPTER 12 Laws Regarding Childbirth

1 And the lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 Speak to the sons of Israel! and you shall say to them, saying, A woman whoever should conceive, and should give birth to a male, she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation of her menstruation she shall be unclean. 3 And the [²day ¹eighth] she shall circumcise the flesh of his foreskin. 4 And thirty and three days she shall sit in the blood of her cleansing; anything holy she shall not touch, and [³into ⁴the ⁵sanctuary ¹she shall not ²enter], until whenever [⁴should have been fulfilled ¹the ²days ³of her cleansing]. 5 But if [²a female ¹she should give birth to], then she will be unclean twice seven days, according to her menstruation; and sixty days and six she shall be seated in [²blood ¹her unclean]. 6 And whenever [⁴should be fulfilled ¹the ²days ³of her cleansing] for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of a year old for a whole burnt-offering, and a young pigeon, or turtle-dove for a sin offering to the door of the tent of the testimony to the priest. 7 And he shall bring it before the lord. And [³shall atone ⁴for ⁵her ¹the ²priest], and he shall cleanse her from the spring of her blood. This is the law for the giving birth to a male or female. 8 But if [²does not ³find ¹her hand] enough for a lamb, then she shall take two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons -- one for a whole burnt-offering, and one for a sin offering; and [³shall atone ⁴for ⁵her ¹the ²priest], and she shall be cleansed.