Leviticus 12:1-4

New International Version

Purification After Childbirth

12 The Lord said to Moses, ²“Say to the Israelites: ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be ceremonially unclean for seven days, just as she is unclean during her monthly period.^(A) ³On the eighth day^(B) the boy is to be circumcised.^(C) ⁴Then 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.

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Leviticus 12:1-4

New King James Version

The Ritual After Childbirth^(A)

12 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ²“Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘If a ^(B)woman has conceived, and borne a male child, then ^(C)she shall be ^[a]unclean seven days; ^(D)as in the days of her customary impurity she shall be unclean. ³And on the ^(E)eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. ⁴She shall then continue in the blood of her purification thirty-three days. She shall not touch any ^[b]hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary until the days of her purification are fulfilled.