Purification After Childbirth

Leviticus 12

¹ The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ² "Speak to the people of Israel, saying, 'If a woman conceives and bears a male child, then _u she shall be unclean seven days. _v As at the time of her menstruation, she shall be unclean. ³ And on the _w eighth 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 _u "'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 _x two turtledoves or two pigeons, _{1 y} one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. _z And the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean.'"

1. Cross References
   Luke 2:22
   And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord
   
2. Cross References
   Leviticus 15:19
   When a woman has a discharge, and the discharge in her body is blood, she shall be in her menstrual impurity for seven days, and whoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening.
   
3. Cross References
   Genesis 17:12
   He who is eight days old among you shall be circumcised. Every male throughout your generations, whether born in your house or bought with your money from any foreigner who is not of your offspring.
   Luke 1:59
   And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child. And they would have called him Zechariah after his father.
   Luke 2:21
   And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
   John 7:22 - 23
   Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.
   
4. Cross References
   Leviticus 12:2
   Speak to the people of Israel, saying, 'If a woman conceives and bears a male child, then she shall be unclean seven days. As at the time of her menstruation, she shall be unclean.
   
5. Cross References
   Leviticus 1:14
   If his offering to the Lord is a burnt offering of birds, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves or pigeons.
   Leviticus 5:7
   But if he cannot afford a lamb, then he shall bring to the Lord as his compensation for the sin that he has committed two turtledoves or two pigeons, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.
   Luke 2:24
   And to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the Law of the Lord, "a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.
   
6. Cross References
   Leviticus 12:6
   '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. Cross References
   Leviticus 4:26
   And all its fat he shall burn on the altar, like the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings. So the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin, and he shall be forgiven.
   

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