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Leviticus Chapter 12 (DRC)

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Leviticus 12: A Mother's Purification
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1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: If a woman having received seed shall bear a man child, she shall be unclean seven days, according to the days of separation of her flowers.

3 And on the eighth day the infant shall be circumcised:

4 But she shall remain three and thirty days in the blood of her purification. She shall touch no holy thing: neither shall she enter into the sanctuary, until the days of her purification, be fulfilled.

5 But if she shall bear a maid child, she shall be unclean two weeks, according to the custom of her monthly courses. And she shall remain in the blood of her purification sixty-six days.

6 And when the days of her purification are expired, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, a lamb of a year old for a holocaust, and a young pigeon or a turtle for sin: and shall deliver them to the priest.

7 Who shall offer them before the Lord, and shall pray for her: and so she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that beareth a man child or a maid child.

8 And if her hand find not sufficiency, and she is not able to offer a lamb, she shall take two turtles, or two young pigeons, one for a holocaust, and another for sin: and the priest shall pray for her, and so she shall be cleansed.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does Leviticus chapter 12 cover?
Leviticus 12 lays out the purification period for a woman after childbirth - seven days unclean plus thirty-three days of purifying for a son, doubled to two weeks plus sixty-six days for a daughter - ending with a burnt offering and a sin offering.
When were baby boys to be circumcised according to this chapter?
Verse 3 commands that a male child be circumcised on the eighth day, a rule later fulfilled for Jesus in Luke 2:21.
What if a woman couldn't afford a lamb for her offering?
Verse 8 allowed her to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons instead, one for a burnt offering and one for a sin offering.

Today's Verse

And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and went after him.

Mark 1:20 | ASV

Verse Of The Day

Verse 3's command to circumcise a son on the eighth day is the same law fulfilled centuries later in Luke 2:21. The next chapter, Leviticus 13, turns to a different kind of uncleanness: skin disease.