She shall then continue in the blood of her purification thirty-three days. She shall not touch any [a]hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary until the days of her purification are fulfilled.

‘But if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her customary impurity, and she shall continue in the blood of her purification sixty-six days.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 12:4 consecrated

Then the woman must wait thirty-three days to be purified from her bleeding. She must not touch anything sacred or go to the sanctuary until the days of her purification are over. If she gives birth to a daughter, for two weeks the woman will be unclean, as during her period. Then she must wait sixty-six days to be purified from her bleeding.

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Then he shall offer it before the Lord, and make [a]atonement for her. And she shall be clean from the flow of her blood. This is the law for her who has borne a male or a female.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 12:7 Lit. covering

He shall offer them before the Lord to make atonement for her, and then she will be ceremonially clean from her flow of blood.

“‘These are the regulations for the woman who gives birth to a boy or a girl.

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