Then on (A)the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. And she shall stay at home in her condition of [a]blood purification for thirty-three days; she shall not touch any consecrated thing, nor enter the sanctuary until the days of her purification are completed. But if she gives birth to a female child, then she shall be unclean for two weeks, as in her menstruation; and she shall stay at home in her condition of [b]blood purification for sixty-six days.

(B)When the days of her purification are completed, for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the doorway of the tent of meeting a one-year-old lamb as a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove (C)as a [c]sin offering. Then he shall offer it before the Lord and make atonement for her, and she shall be cleansed from the [d]flow of her blood. This is the law for her who gives birth to a child, whether a male or a female. But if [e]she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take (D)two turtledoves or two young doves, (E)the one as a burnt offering and the other as a [f]sin offering; and the (F)priest shall make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 12:4 Lit blood of purifying; i.e., ritually clean blood from childbirth
  2. Leviticus 12:5 See note v 4
  3. Leviticus 12:6 Or purification offering
  4. Leviticus 12:7 Lit fountain
  5. Leviticus 12:8 Lit her hand does not find enough for
  6. Leviticus 12:8 Or purification offering

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