Leviticus 12:2

Leviticus 12:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.
• New International Version (NIV)“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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Speak to the people of Israel, saying, If a woman conceives and bears a male child, then she shall be unclean seven days. As at the time of her menstruation, she shall be unclean.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘If a woman has conceived, and borne a male child, then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of her customary impurity she shall be unclean.

Context of Leviticus 12:2

1Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying: ‘When a woman gives birth and delivers a male child, then she shall be unclean for seven days; as she is in the days of her menstruation, she shall be unclean. 3Then on the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. 4And she shall stay at home in her condition of blood purification for thirty-three days; she shall not touch any consecrated thing, nor enter the sanctuary until the days of her purification are completed.

Leviticus 12:2 word by word

דַּבֵּ֞ר אֶל־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר אִשָּׁה֙ כִּ֣י תַזְרִ֔יעַ וְיָלְדָ֖ה זָכָ֑ר וְטָֽמְאָה֙ שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִ֔ים כִּימֵ֛י נִדַּ֥ת דְּוֹתָ֖הּ תִּטְמָֽא׃Read the interlinear

• Speakדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• to the sonsבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Whenכִּיkîy · forH3588
• a womanאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• givesזָרַעzâra‛ · to sowH2232
• and deliversיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• a maleזָכָרzâkâr · maleH2145
• then she shall beטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930
• uncleanטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930
• for sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of her menstruationנִדָּהniddâh · impurityH5079
• of her menstruationדָּוָהdâvâh · be sickH1738

Cross-references for Leviticus 12:2

• Genesis 1:28God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
• Genesis 3:16To the woman He said, “I will greatly multiply Your pain in childbirth, In pain you shall deliver children; Yet your desire will be for your husband, And he shall rule over you.”
• Job 14:4Who can make the clean out of the unclean? No one!
• Job 15:14What is man, that he would be pure, Or he who is born of a woman, that he would be righteous?
• Job 25:4How then can mankind be righteous with God? Or how can anyone who is born of woman be pure?
• Psalms 51:5Behold, I was brought forth in guilt, And in sin my mother conceived me.
• Luke 2:22And when the days for their purification according to the Law of Moses were completed, they brought Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord
• Romans 5:12Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all mankind, because all sinned--
• Leviticus 15:19‘When a woman has a discharge, if her discharge in her body is blood, she shall continue in her menstrual impurity for seven days; and whoever touches her shall be unclean until evening.

Commentaries on Leviticus 12:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2If a woman have conceived - In the extent mentioned here the ordinances of this chapter have little relation to us: and to inquire into their physical reasons, as far as they related to the Jews, could afford but little edification; and to make such a subject sufficiently plain would require such minute examination and circumstantial detail as could scarcely be proper for several readers. All that is necessary to be said the reader will find on Leviticus…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-8Verses 1-8 This chapter would more naturally follow the 15th chapter of Leviticus. See the note to Leviticus 15:1.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2her menstruation: See Leviticus 15:19–24.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-82. If a woman, &c.--The mother of a boy was ceremonially unclean for a week, at the end of which the child was circumcised (Ge 17:12; Ro 4:11-13); the mother of a girl for two weeks (Le 12:5)--a stigma on the sex (1Ti 2:14, 15) for sin, which was removed by Christ; everyone who came near her during that time contracted a similar defilement. After these periods, visitors might approach her though she was still excluded from the public ordinances of…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 12:2

• Defilement
• Sanitation
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Commentaries on Leviticus 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings