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Leviticus 12 :: Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

Purification after Childbirth
(cf. Luk 2:22–24 )
Lev 12:1

The LORD spoke to Moses:

Lev 12:2

“Tell the Israelites: When a woman becomes pregnant and gives birth to a male child, she will be unclean seven days, as she is during the days of her menstrual impurity.

Lev 12:3

“The flesh of his foreskin must be circumcised on the eighth day.

Lev 12:4

“She will continue in purification from her bleeding for thirty-three days. She must not touch any holy thing or go into the sanctuary until completing her days of purification.

Lev 12:5

“But if she gives birth to a female child, she will be unclean for two weeks as she is during her menstrual impurity. She will continue in purification from her bleeding for sixty-six days.

Lev 12:6

“When her days of purification are complete, whether for a son or daughter, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting a year-old male lamb for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin[fn] offering.

Lev 12:7

“He will present them before the LORD and make atonement on her behalf; she will be clean from her discharge of blood. This is the law for a woman giving birth, whether to a male or female.

Lev 12:8

“But if she doesn’t have sufficient means[fn] for a sheep, she may take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. Then the priest will make atonement on her behalf, and she will be clean.”

CSB Footnotes
Or purification, also in v. 8
Lit if her hand cannot obtain what is sufficient
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