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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.

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ASV

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman conceive seed, and bear a man-child, then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of the impurity of her sickness shall she be unclean.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
דַּבֵּ֞רda.BerspeakH1696 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
בְּנֵ֤יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
לֵאמֹ֔רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
אִשָּׁה֙'i.Shaha womanH802 →
כִּ֣יkithatH3588 →
תַזְרִ֔יעַtaz.Ri.a'she will bear a childH2232 →
וְיָלְדָ֖הve.Yal.dahand she will bearH3205 →
זָכָ֑רza.Khara maleH2145 →
וְטָֽמְאָה֙ve.ta.me.'Ahand she will be uncleanH2930 →
שִׁבְעַ֣תshiv.'AtsevenH7651 →
יָמִ֔יםya.MimdaysH3117 →
כִּימֵ֛יki.Meilike [the] days ofH3117 →
נִדַּ֥תni.Datmenstrous impurity ofH5079 →
דְּוֹתָ֖הּde.vo.Tahbeing unwell sheH1738 →
תִּטְמָֽא׃tit.Ma'she will be uncleanH2930 →

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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 LordLuke 2:24and to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”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.Job 25:4How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?Job 15:14What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?Leviticus 18:19You must not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during her menstrual period.Romans 5:12–19Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.Job 14:4Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!Genesis 1:28God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”Genesis 3:16To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”Psalms 51:5Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.Leviticus 12:5If, 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.Leviticus 12:6When 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.

About Leviticus

Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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