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Purification After Childbirth

12 Then[a] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the Israelites,[b] saying, ‘When a woman becomes pregnant and she gives birth to a male,[c] then[d] she shall be unclean seven days—as in the time of her menstrual bleeding, she shall become unclean. And on the eighth day his foreskin’s flesh shall be circumcised. And for thirty-three days she shall stay in the blood of her cleansing; she must not touch any holy object, and she may not come to the sanctuary until the fulfilling of the days of her cleansing. But[e] if she gives birth to a female,[f] then[g] she shall be unclean for two weeks as in her menstruation, and for sixty-six days she shall stay through[h] the blood of her cleansing. And at the fulfilling of the days of her cleansing, whether for a son or for a daughter, she must bring to the priest at the tent of assembly’s entrance a yearling[i] male lamb as a burnt offering and young dove[j] or a turtledove as a sin offering. And the priest shall present it before[k] Yahweh, and he shall make atonement for her, so that[l] she shall be clean from the flow of her blood. This is the regulation of childbearing[m] for the male[n] or for the female.[o] And if she cannot afford[p] a sheep,[q] then[r] she shall take two turtledoves or two young doves[s]—one as a burnt offering and one as a sin offering—and the priest shall make atonement for her, so that[t] she shall be clean.’”

Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 12:1 Or “And”
  2. Leviticus 12:2 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  3. Leviticus 12:2 Or “son”
  4. Leviticus 12:2 Or “and”
  5. Leviticus 12:5 Or “And”
  6. Leviticus 12:5 Or “daughter”
  7. Leviticus 12:5 Or “and”
  8. Leviticus 12:5 Or “at” or “on”
  9. Leviticus 12:6 Literally “a son of his year”
  10. Leviticus 12:6 Literally “son of a dove”
  11. Leviticus 12:7 Literally “to the faces of”
  12. Leviticus 12:7 Or “and”
  13. Leviticus 12:7 Literally “the childbearing”
  14. Leviticus 12:7 Or “son”
  15. Leviticus 12:7 Or “daughter”
  16. Leviticus 12:8 Literally “her hand does not find enough”
  17. Leviticus 12:8 Or “small livestock”
  18. Leviticus 12:8 Or “and”
  19. Leviticus 12:8 Literally “sons of a dove”
  20. Leviticus 12:8 Or “and”

Ang paglilinis ng mga babae.

12 At sinalita ng Panginoon kay Moises, na sinasabi,

Salitain mo sa mga anak ni Israel, na iyong sabihin, (A)Kung ang babae ay maglihi, at manganak ng isang lalake, ay magiging karumaldumal na pitong araw; ayon sa mga araw ng karumihan ng kaniyang sakit, ay magiging karumaldumal.

(B)At sa ikawalong araw ay tutuliin ang bata sa laman ng kaniyang balat ng masama.

At siya'y mananatiling tatlong pu't tatlong araw na maglilinis ng kaniyang dugo; huwag siyang hihipo ng anomang bagay na banal, o papasok man sa santuario, hanggang sa matupad ang mga araw ng kaniyang paglilinis.

Nguni't kung manganak siya ng babae, ay magiging karumaldumal nga siya na dalawang linggo, ayon sa kaniyang karumihan: at mananatiling anim na pu't anim na araw na maglilinis ng kaniyang dugo.

(C)At pagkaganap niya ng mga araw ng kaniyang paglilinis, maging sa anak na lalake o sa anak na babae, ay magdadala siya ng isang kordero ng unang taon, na pinaka handog na susunugin, at isang inakay ng kalapati o isang batobato na pinakahandog dahil sa kasalanan, sa pintuan ng tabernakulo ng kapisanan, sa saserdote;

At kaniyang ihahandog sa harap ng Panginoon, at itutubos sa kaniya; at siya'y malilinis sa agas ng kaniyang dugo. Ito ang kautusan tungkol sa nanganak ng lalake o ng babae.

At kung ang kaniyang kaya ay hindi sapat upang magdala ng kordero, ay kukuha nga siya ng (D)dalawang batobato o ng dalawang inakay ng kalapati; ang isa'y pinaka handog na susunugin at ang isa'y pinakahandog dahil sa kasalanan: (E)at itutubos sa kaniya ng saserdote, at siya'y magiging malinis.