Leviticus 12
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Leviticus 12:2-5

2“SpeakH1696 to the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478, sayingH559:

‘WhenH3588 a womanH802 givesH2232 birthH2232 and deliversH3205 a maleH2145 child, then she shall beH2930 uncleanH2930 for sevenH7651 daysH3117; 1as she is in the daysH3117 of her menstruationH5079H1738, she shall beH2930 uncleanH2930. 3Then on 2the eighthH8066 dayH3117 the fleshH1320 of his foreskinH6190 shall be circumcisedH4135. 4And she shall stayH3427 at home in her condition of 3bloodH1818 purificationH2893 for thirty-threeH7970H7969 daysH3117; she shall not touchH5060 anyH3605 consecratedH6944 thingH6944, norH3808 enterH935 the sanctuaryH4720 untilH5704 the daysH3117 of her purificationH2892 are completedH4390. 5But ifH518 she givesH3205 birthH3205 to a femaleH5347 child, then she shall beH2930 uncleanH2930 for two weeksH7620, as in her menstruationH5079; and she shall stayH3427 at home in her condition of 4bloodH1818 purificationH2893 for sixty-sixH8346H8337 daysH3117.

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Notes

  1. 1. Leviticus 12:2 Lev 15:19; 18:19 ↩
  2. 2. Leviticus 12:3 Gen 17:12; Luke 1:59; 2:21 ↩
  3. 3. Leviticus 12:4 Lit blood of purifying; i.e., ritually clean blood from childbirth ↩
  4. 4. Leviticus 12:5 See note v 4 ↩

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