Leviticus 12 - Evangelical Heritage Version - 2021（EHV）

Impurity From Childbirth

1The Lord spoke to Moses and told him

2to tell the Israelites these things:

When a woman produces offspring and gives birth to a male, she will become unclean for seven days just as she is unclean during the time of her monthly period.

3On the eighth day, the foreskin of his flesh shall be circumcised.

4She will remain in the process of being purified from her flow of blood for thirty-three days. She shall not touch any holy thing nor enter the sanctuary until her period of purification is complete.

5If she gives birth to a female, she will become unclean for two weeks as she does during her monthly period. She shall remain in the process of being purified from her flow of blood for sixty-six days.

6At the completion of her time of purification for either a son or a daughter, she shall bring a lamb in its first year as a whole burnt offering and a pigeon or turtledove as a sin offering to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

7He shall present it before the Lord and make atonement for her, so that she may be clean from her flow of blood. This is the law for a woman who gives birth to a male or female.

8If, however, she cannot afford a sheep or a goat, she may bring two turtledoves or two pigeons, one as a whole burnt offering and the other as a sin offering. The priest shall make atonement for her, so that she will be clean.