| The Lord told Moses to tell the children of Israel that if a woman conceived and had a male child, she would be unclean seven days; as in the days of her customary impurity (menstrual cycle) she would be unclean. On the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin should be circumcised. She was to continue in the blood of her purification thirty-three days. She was not to touch any hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary until the days of her purification were completed. |
If the woman gave birth to a female child, she would be unclean for two weeks, as in her customary impurity, and continue in the blood of her purification sixty-six days.
When the days of the woman’s purification were completed, whether she had a son or a daughter, she was to take a lamb of the first year as a burnt offering, a young pigeon or a turtledove as a sin offering to the priest to the door of the tabernacle of meeting. The priest would then offer it before the Lord and make atonement for her. She would then be clean from the flow of her blood. This was the law for the woman who gave birth. If the woman was not able to bring a lamb, then she was allowed to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons – one as a burnt offering and the other as a sin offering. The priest would make atonement for her and she would be clean.
Next week, it’s Leviticus 13.
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