Leviticus Chapter 12

1-2 Yahveh told Moses to tell Israel,

“When a woman has a boy, she’s ceremonially unclean for a week like during her menstruation. 3 On the eighth day, circumcise his foreskin. 4 For 33 more days, she’ll be impure from her bleeding at childbirth. She’s not to touch anything consecrated or enter the sanctuary until after her purification time. 5 If she has a girl, she’s ceremonially unclean for two weeks like during menstruation. For 66 more days, she’ll be impure from her bleeding at childbirth.            

Lev 12:1-5

6 “When her purification days are over for a son or daughter, she’ll take to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, a year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or turtledove for a sin offering. 7 He’ll offer it to Yahveh for her purification, and she’ll be ceremonially cleansed from her bleeding at childbirth. That’s the law for a woman that has a male or female child. 8 If she can’t afford a lamb, she can take two turtledoves or young pigeons, one for a burnt offering, the other for a sin offering. The priest will offer them for her, and she’ll be ceremonially clean.”              Lev 12:6-8        

From the CYV translation by Virgil Warren, PhD