1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying: If a woman be delivered, and bear a man-child, then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of the impurity of her sickness shall she be unclean. 3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. 4 And she shall continue in the blood of purification three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purification be fulfilled. 5 But if she bear a maid-child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her impurity; and she shall continue in the blood of purification threescore and six days. 6 And when the days of her purification are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt-offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtle-dove, for a sin-offering, unto the door of the tent of meeting, unto the priest. 7 And he shall offer it before the LORD, and make atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the fountain of her blood. This is the law for her that beareth, whether a male or a female. 8 And if her means suffice not for a lamb, then she shall take two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons: the one for a burnt-offering, and the other for a sin-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean.
Leviticus 12 JPS Tanakh (1917)
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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
Cross references (7)
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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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