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Leviticus 12 :: New International Version (NIV)

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Purification After Childbirth

(cf. Luk 2:22–24 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:1 - The LORD said to Moses,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:2 - “Say to the Israelites: ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be ceremonially unclean for seven days, just as she is unclean during her monthly period.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:3 - On the eighth day the boy is to be circumcised.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:4 - Then the woman must wait thirty-three days to be purified from her bleeding. She must not touch anything sacred or go to the sanctuary until the days of her purification are over.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:5 - If she gives birth to a daughter, for two weeks the woman will be unclean, as during her period. Then she must wait sixty-six days to be purified from her bleeding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:6 - “ ‘When the days of her purification for a son or daughter are over, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting a year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a dove for a sin offering.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:7 - He shall offer them before the LORD to make atonement for her, and then she will be ceremonially clean from her flow of blood. “ ‘These are the regulations for the woman who gives birth to a boy or a girl.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:8 - But if she cannot afford a lamb, she is to bring two doves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’ ”
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Or purification offering; also in verse 8
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