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Laws of Motherhood |
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| Leviticus 12:1 |
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Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, |
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| Leviticus 12:2 |
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"Speak to the sons of Israel, saying: 'When
a woman gives birth and bears a male child, then she shall be unclean for seven
days, as in the days of her menstruation she shall be unclean. |
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| Leviticus 12:3 |
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On the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin
shall be circumcised. |
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| Leviticus 12:4 |
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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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| Leviticus 12:5 |
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But if she bears a female child, then she shall
be unclean for two weeks, as in her menstruation; and she shall remain in the
blood of her purification for sixty-six days. |
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| Leviticus 12:6 |
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'When 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 for a sin offering. |
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| Leviticus 12:7 |
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Then he shall offer it before the LORD and make
atonement for her, and she shall be cleansed from the flow of her blood. This
is the law for her who bears a child, whether a male or a female. |
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| Leviticus 12:8 |
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But if she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall
take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, the one for a burnt offering and the
other for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she
will be clean.'" |
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