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Leviticus 12

Laws of Motherhood

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Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

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"Speak to the sons of Israel, saying:

`When a woman  1gives birth and bears a male child, then she shall be unclean for seven days,  aas in the days of  2her menstruation she shall be unclean.

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`On  athe eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

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`Then she shall remain in the blood of her purification for thirty-three days; she shall not touch any consecrated thing, nor enter the sanctuary until the days of her purification are completed.

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`But if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean for two weeks, as in her  1menstruation; and she shall remain in the blood of her purification for sixty-six days.

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aWhen the days of her purification are completed, for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the doorway of the tent of meeting a one year old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove  bfor a sin offering.

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`Then he shall offer it before the LORD and make atonement for her, and she shall be cleansed from the  1flow of her blood. This is the law for her who bears a child, whether a male or a female.

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`But if  1she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take  atwo turtledoves or two young pigeons,  bthe one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering; and the  cpriest shall make atonement for her, and she will be clean.' "



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