Leviticus 15:29

All wicked courses, particularly idolatries, are compared to the uncleanness of a removed woman ( Ezek. xxxvi. 17 ), and, in allusion to this, it is said of Jerusalem ( Lam. i. 9 ), Her filthiness is in her skirts, so that (as it follows,

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And on the eighth day,.... From the cessation of her issue, and the healing of it, at least from the time she began to number for her cleansing: she shall take unto her two turtles, or two young pigeons; the same as the man that had an issue was obliged to bring.

We need not be at all curious in explaining these antiquated laws, it is enough if we observe the general intention; but we have need to be very cautious lest sin take occasion by the commandment to become more exceedingly sinful; and exceedingly sinful it is when lust is kindled by sparks of fire from God's altar.

Two turtles, or two young pigeons - In all these cases moral pollution was ever considered as being less or more present, as even such infirmities sprang from the original defection of man. On these accounts sacrifices must be offered; and in the case of the woman, one of the birds above mentioned must be sacrificed as a sin-offering, the other as a burnt-offering, Lev 15:30.