Leviticus 12:3-8

3 And on the 1eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
4 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.
5 But if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her menstruation. And she shall continue in the blood of her purifying for sixty-six days.
6 2"'And when the days of her purifying are completed, whether for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the entrance of the tent of meeting a lamb a year old for a burnt offering, and a pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering,
7 and he shall offer it before the LORD and make atonement for her. Then she shall be clean from the flow of her blood. This is the law for her who bears a child, either male or female.
8 And if she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take 3two turtledoves or two pigeons,[a]4one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. 5And the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean.'"

Leviticus 12:3-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 12

This chapter treats of the purification of a new mother, the time of whose purification for a man child was forty days, and for a maid child eighty, Le 12:1-5 at the close of which she was to bring her offerings to the priests, to make atonement for her, Le 12:6-8.

Cross References 5

  • 1. Genesis 17:12; Luke 1:59; Luke 2:21; John 7:22, 23
  • 2. [See ver. 2 above]
  • 3. Leviticus 1:14; Leviticus 5:7; Cited Luke 2:24
  • 4. ver. 6
  • 5. Leviticus 4:26

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Septuagint two young pigeons
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