Leviticus 12
The LORD gives laws concerning purification after childbirth. A woman is unclean seven days after bearing a son and fourteen days after a daughter, followed by additional days of purification, after which she brings a burnt offering and sin offering to the priest.
| v | King James Version | Modern English |
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| 1 | And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, | The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, |
| 2 | Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean. | 'Speak to the children 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 menstrual impurity, she shall be unclean. |
| 3 | And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. | on the eighth day the flesh of His foreskin shall be circumcised. |
| 4 | And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled. | 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 bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days. | But if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean for two weeks, as in her menstrual impurity. And she shall continue in the blood of her purifying for sixty-six days. |
| 6 | And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest: | 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 | Who shall offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that hath born a male or a female. | 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 be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean. | if she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. And the priest shall make atonement for her. She shall be clean.' |