Leviticus 12:4

Leviticus 12:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.
• New International Version (NIV)Then the woman must wait thirty-three days to be purified from her bleeding. She must not touch anything sacred or go to the sanctuary until the days of her purification are over.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then she shall continue for thirty-three days in the blood of her purifying. She shall not touch anything holy, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying are completed.
• New King James Version (NKJV)She shall then continue in the blood of her purification thirty-three days. She shall not touch any hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary until the days of her purification are fulfilled.

Context of Leviticus 12:4

2“Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. If a woman becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son, she will be ceremonially unclean for seven days, just as she is unclean during her menstrual period. 3On the eighth day the boy’s foreskin must be circumcised. After waiting thirty-three days, she will be purified from the bleeding of childbirth. During this time of purification, she must not touch anything that is set apart as holy. And she must not enter the sanctuary until her time of purification is over. 5If a woman gives birth to a daughter, she will be ceremonially unclean for two weeks, just as she is unclean during her menstrual period. After waiting sixty-six days, she will be purified from the bleeding of childbirth. 6“When the time of purification is completed for either a son or a daughter, the woman must bring a one-year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or turtledove for a purification offering. She must bring her offerings to the priest at the entrance of the Tabernacle.

Leviticus 12:4 word by word

וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים יוֹם֙ וּשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת יָמִ֔ים תֵּשֵׁ֖ב בִּדְמֵ֣י טָהֳרָ֑ה בְּכָל־קֹ֣דֶשׁ לֹֽא־תִגָּ֗ע וְאֶל־הַמִּקְדָּשׁ֙ לֹ֣א תָבֹ֔א עַד־מְלֹ֖את יְמֵ֥י טָהֳרָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And she shall then continueיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• in the bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• of her purifyingטׇהֳרָהţohŏrâh · purifyingH2893
• threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• and thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםshelôshîym shelôshîym · thirtyH7970
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• she shall touchנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
• no hallowedקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
• thing, nor comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• into the sanctuaryמִקְדָּשׁmiqdâsh miqqedâsh · sanctuaryH4720
• of her purifyingטֹ֫הַרţôhar · purityH2892
• be fulfilledמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390

Cross-references for Leviticus 12:4

• Leviticus 15:25“If a woman has a flow of blood for many days that is unrelated to her menstrual period, or if the blood continues beyond the normal period, she is ceremonially unclean. As during her menstrual period, the woman will be unclean as long as the discharge continues.
• Haggai 2:13Then Haggai asked, “If someone becomes ceremonially unclean by touching a dead person and then touches any of these foods, will the food be defiled?” And the priests answered, “Yes.”
• Luke 2:22Then it was time for their purification offering, as required by the law of Moses after the birth of a child; so his parents took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord.

Commentaries on Leviticus 12:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4The blood of her purifying - A few words will make this subject sufficiently plain. God designs that the human female should bring forth children. That children should derive, under his providence, their being, all their solids and all their fluids, in a word, the whole mass of their bodies, from the substance of the mother. For this purpose he has given to the body of the female an extra quantity of blood and nutritious juices. Before pregnancy this…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4The Levitical law ascribed impurity exclusively to the mother, in no degree to the Child.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4These thirty-three days, plus the previous seven days mentioned in Leviticus 12:2, 3 make a total of forty days for the mother's period of purification.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 12:4

• Defilement
• Sanitation

In the dictionaries

• Ablution
• Birth
• Clean
• Firstborn, Redemption of
• Issue
• Sanctuary
• Atonement, Day of
• Cleanse
• Defile; Defilement
• Ezekiel

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