{"book":"Leviticus","slug":"leviticus","ch":12,"genre":"prose","sub":"Leviticus","prev":"leviticus/11","next":"leviticus/13","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Then the LORD said to Moses,","f":[],"h":"Purification after Childbirth","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"“ 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.","f":[]},{"v":3,"t":"And on the eighth day the flesh of [the boy’s] foreskin is to be circumcised.","f":[]},{"v":4,"t":"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.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":5,"t":"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.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":6,"t":"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.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":7,"t":"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.","f":[]},{"v":8,"t":"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.’”","f":["Cited in Luke 2:24"],"style":"reg"}]}