Leviticus 12

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Purification after Childbirth

12 The Lord spoke to Moses: ² “Tell the Israelites: When a woman becomes pregnant and gives birth to a male child,^(A) she will be unclean seven days, as she is during the days of her menstrual impurity.^{(B) 3} The flesh of his foreskin^(C) must be circumcised^(D) on the eighth day.^{(E) 4} She will continue in purification^(F) from her bleeding^(G) for 33 days. She must not touch any holy thing or go into the sanctuary until completing her days of purification. ⁵ But if she gives birth to a female child, she will be unclean for two weeks as she is during her menstrual impurity. She will continue in purification from her bleeding for 66 days.

⁶ “When her days of purification are complete, whether for a son or daughter, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting a year-old male lamb for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin^[a] offering. ⁷ He will present them before the Lord and make atonement on her behalf; she will be clean from her discharge of blood. This is the law for a woman giving birth, whether to a male or female. ⁸ But if she doesn’t have sufficient means^[b](H) for a sheep, she may take two turtledoves or two young pigeons,^(I) one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin^[c] offering. Then the priest will make atonement on her behalf, and she will be clean.”