Leviticus 12

¹Then the LORD said to Moses,

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.

³And on the eighth day the flesh of the boy’s foreskin is to be circumcised.

⁴The 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.

⁵If, 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.

⁶When 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.

⁷And 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.

⁸But 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.’”

— Leviticus 12

(BSB)

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Cross References for Leviticus 12

• Luke 2:22
• Luke 2:21
• Leviticus 5:7
• Leviticus 4:26
• Luke 1:59
• Leviticus 14:22
• Leviticus 15:19
• Leviticus 15:29
• Job 14:4
• John 7:22-23

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