Leviticus 12 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Atonement After Giving Birth

(cf. Luk 2:22–24 )

Then Yahweh^H3068 spoke^H1696 to Moses^H4872, saying^H559,

Lev 12:2“Speak to the sons of Israel, saying:

‘When^H3588 a woman^H802 [fn]gives^H2232 birth^H2232 and bears^H3205 a male^H2145 child, then she shall be^H2930 unclean^H2930 for seven^H7651 days^H3117, as in the days^H3117 of [fn]her menstruation^H5079^H1738 she shall be^H2930 unclean^H2930.

Lev 12:3

Lev 12:3‘Now on the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

Lev 12:4

Lev 12:4‘Then she shall remain in the blood of her cleansing for thirty-three days; she shall not touch any holy thing; and she shall not enter the sanctuary until the days of her cleansing are fulfilled.

Lev 12:5

Lev 12:5‘But if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean for two weeks, as in her [fn]menstruation; and she shall remain in the blood of her cleansing for sixty-six days.

Lev 12:6

‘When the days^H3117 of her cleansing^H2892 are fulfilled^H4390, for a son^H1121 or^H176 for a daughter^H1323, she shall bring^H935 to the priest^H3548 at the doorway^H6607 of the tent^H168 of meeting^H4150 a one year^H8141 old^H1121 lamb^H3532 for a burnt^H5930 offering^H5930 and a young^H1121 pigeon^H3123 or^H176 a turtledove^H8449 for a sin^H2403 offering^H2403.

Lev 12:7

Lev 12:7‘Then he shall bring it near before Yahweh and make atonement for her, and she shall be cleansed from the [fn]flow of her blood. This is the law for her who bears a child, whether a male or a female.

Lev 12:8

Lev 12:8‘But if [fn]she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, the one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’”