(12:1-8) Women are dirty and sinful after childbirth, so God prescribes rituals for their purification. (And baby girls make mothers twice as
sinful and dirty as baby boys do.)
(12:2, 4) "If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child:
then she shall be unclean seven days ... And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days."
If a boy is born, the mother
is unclean for 7 days and must be purified for 33 days.
(12:3) "In the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised." Is circumcision required?
(12:5) "But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks ... and she shall continue in the
blood of her purifying threescore and six days."
If a girl is born, the mother is unclean for 14 days and be purified for 66 days. (In the eyes of God, girls are twice as dirty as boys.)
(12:6) "She shall bring a lamb ... for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or dove, for a sin offering." Is childbearing sinful?
(12:7) "She shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood."
(12:8) "If she be not able
to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons ... and she shall be clean."
12:2
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man
child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the
days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.
12:3
And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
12:4And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she
shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.
12:5But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her
separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days.
12:6
And when the days of
her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a
lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or dove, for a sin
offering, unto the door of the tabernacle
of the congregation, unto the priest:
12:7
Who shall offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed
from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that hath born
a male or a female.
12:8
And if she be not able
to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the
one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest
shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.
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