Leviticuschapter 12
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A.Days of purifying after a birthvv. 1-5
1 Then the LORD said to Moses, 2 “Say to the Israelites, ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be unclean for seven days, as she is during the days of her menstruation. 3 And on the eighth day the flesh of the boy’s foreskin is to be circumcised. 4 The woman shall continue in purification from her bleeding for thirty-three days. She must not touch anything sacred or go into the sanctuary until the days of her purification are complete. 5 If, however, she gives birth to a daughter, the woman will be unclean for two weeks as she is during her menstruation. Then she must continue in purification from her bleeding for sixty-six days.
B.A lamb — or two birds if she is poorvv. 6-8
6 When the days of her purification are complete, whether for a son or for a daughter, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting a year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering. 7 And the priest will present them before the LORD and make atonement for her; and she shall be ceremonially cleansed from her flow of blood. This is the law for a woman giving birth, whether to a male or to a female. 8 But if she cannot afford a lamb, she shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. Then the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’”
Chapter summary
Purification after childbirth.
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Chapter summary
Purification after childbirth.
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Purification after childbirth. A woman who bears a man-child is unclean seven days, her separation thirty-three days; a maid-child, fourteen and sixty-six days. At the end, she brings a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or turtledove for a sin offering; if she cannot afford a lamb, two turtledoves or two young pigeons. Atonement is made and she is clean. Luke 2:22–24 records Mary's offering of the two birds. The poor woman's offering. At Jesus' presentation. The chapter normalises the ordinary events of human life into the regime of holiness.
Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.
Context
Law · Moses — Leviticus overview
- A. 1–5 Days of purifying after a birth
- B. 6–8 A lamb — or two birds if she is poor
Top cross-references8 chapters ▾
Leviticus 154 verses
- Leviticus 15:19When a woman has a discharge consisting of blood from her body, she will be unclean due to her menstruation for seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening.
- Leviticus 15:25When a woman has a discharge of her blood for many days at a time other than her menstrual period, or if it continues beyond her period, she will be unclean all the days of her unclean discharge, just as she is during the days of her menstruation.
- Leviticus 15:28When a woman is cleansed of her discharge, she must count off seven days, and after that she will be ceremonially clean.
- Leviticus 15:29On the eighth day she is to take two turtledoves or two young pigeons and bring them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- Read Leviticus 15 →
Luke 22 verses
- Luke 2:21When the eight days until His circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He had been conceived.
- Luke 2:22And when the time of purification according to the Law of Moses was complete, His parents brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord
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Leviticus 122 verses
- Leviticus 12:2“Say to the Israelites, ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be unclean for seven days, as she is during the days of her menstruation.
- Leviticus 12:4The woman shall continue in purification from her bleeding for thirty-three days. She must not touch anything sacred or go into the sanctuary until the days of her purification are complete.
- Read Leviticus 12 →
Leviticus 41 verse
- Leviticus 4:26He must burn all its fat on the altar, like the fat of the peace offerings; thus the priest will make atonement for that man’s sin, and he will be forgiven.
- Read Leviticus 4 →
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Job 141 verse
- Job 14:4Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
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Luke 11 verse
- Luke 1:59On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.
- Read Luke 1 →
John 71 verse
- John 7:22But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.)
- Read John 7 →
Haggai 21 verse
- Haggai 2:13So Haggai asked, “If one who is defiled by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become defiled?” “Yes, it becomes defiled,” the priests answered.
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Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and OpenBible.info.