1 The Lord told Moses, “Give these instructions to the Israelites. 2 Any woman who becomes pregnant and has a boy, she will be unclean for one week, in the same way that she is unclean during her period. 3 The boy's foreskin must be circumcised on the eighth day. 4 The woman must wait a further thirty-three days for the purification of her bleeding. She is not allowed to touch anything holy, and she is not allowed to enter the sanctuary until her time of purification is finished. 5 If a woman has a daughter, she will be unclean for two weeks, in the same way that she is unclean during her menstrual period. The woman must wait a further sixty-six days for the purification of her blood. 6 Once the time of purification is finished for either a son or a daughter, the woman must bring a year-old lamb as a burnt offering and a young pigeon or turtledove as a purification offering. She is to bring her offerings to the priest at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. 7 The priest will then present them to the Lord to purify her so she will be clean from her bleeding. These are the regulations for a woman after she's had a son or a daughter. 8 If a woman can't afford to bring a lamb, she is to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons. One is for the burnt offering and the other for the purification offering. The priest will offer them to purify her, and she will be clean.”
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Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
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- 2 Luke 2:22; Leviticus 15:19; Job 25:4; Job 14:4; Leviticus 18:19
- 3 Luke 2:21; Luke 1:59; John 7:22–23; Genesis 17:11–12; Philippians 3:5
- 4 Haggai 2:13; Leviticus 15:25–28; Luke 2:22–23
- 5 1 Timothy 2:14–15; Leviticus 12:4; Leviticus 12:2; Genesis 3:13
- 6 Luke 2:22; Leviticus 15:29; 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 Peter 1:18–19; John 1:29
- 7 Job 14:4; Romans 3:26; 1 Corinthians 7:14; Leviticus 1:4; Leviticus 4:20
- 8 Leviticus 5:7; Leviticus 4:26; Leviticus 1:14; Luke 2:22–24; Leviticus 14:22
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