Leviticus · Majority Standard Bible
Leviticus 12 Majority Standard Bible
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1 Then the LORD said to Moses,
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Say to the Israelites, ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be unclean for seven days, as she is during the days of her menstruation.
2 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘If a woman conceives, and bears a male child, then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of her monthly period she shall be unclean.
3 And on the eighth day the flesh of the boy’s foreskin is to be circumcised.
3 In the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
4 The woman shall continue in purification from her bleeding for thirty-three days. She must not touch anything sacred or go into the sanctuary until the days of her purification are complete.
4 She shall continue in the blood of purification thirty-three days. She shall not touch any holy thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying are completed.
5 If, however, she gives birth to a daughter, the woman will be unclean for two weeks as she is during her menstruation. Then she must continue in purification from her bleeding for sixty-six days.
5 But if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her period; and she shall continue in the blood of purification sixty-six days.
6 When the days of her purification are complete, whether for a son or for a daughter, 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 turtledove for a sin offering.
6 “‘When the days of her purification are completed for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the door of the Tent of Meeting, a year old lamb for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon or a turtledove, for a sin offering.
7 And the priest will present them before the LORD and make atonement for her; and she shall be ceremonially cleansed from her flow of blood. This is the law for a woman giving birth, whether to a male or to a female.
7 He shall offer it before Yahweh, and make atonement for her; then she shall be cleansed from the fountain of her blood. “‘This is the law for her who bears, whether a male or a female.
8 But if she cannot afford a lamb, she shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. Then the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’”
8 If she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons: the one for a burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering. The priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall 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
Cross references (7)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 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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