Lev 12:1 | Clarke | e4.org | CHAPTER XII Ordinances concerning the purification of women after child-birth , 1; after the birth of a son, who is to be circumcised the eighth day , 2, 3. The mother to be considered unclean for forty days , 4. After the birth of a daughter, fourscore days , 5. When the days of her purifying were ended, she was to bring a lamb for a burnt-offering, and a young pigeon or a turtle-dove for a sin-offering , 6, 7. If poor, and not able to bring a lamb, she was to bring either two turtle-doves or two young pigeons , 8. NOTES ON CHAP. XII

‏ Leviticus 12:1

CHAPTER XII

Ordinances concerning the purification of women after child-birth, 1;

after the birth of a son, who is to be circumcised the eighth day, 2, 3.

The mother to be considered unclean for forty days, 4.

After the birth of a daughter, fourscore days, 5.

When the days of her purifying were ended, she was to bring a lamb for a burnt-offering, and a young pigeon or a turtle-dove for a sin-offering, 6, 7.

If poor, and not able to bring a lamb, she was to bring either two turtle-doves or two young pigeons, 8.

NOTES ON CHAP. XII