Leviticus 12:1
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,... [ Continue Reading ]
The Purification after Childbirth.... [ Continue Reading ]
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, if a woman have conceived seed, brought forth bodily issue, AND BORN A MAN CHILD, a boy, THEN SHE SHALL BE UNCLEAN SEVEN DAYS, this being the time of her personal uncleanness, during which every person and thing touched by her itself became defiled; ACCORDI... [ Continue Reading ]
And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised, Genesis 17, this notice being here inserted lest this very necessary rite be neglected.... [ Continue Reading ]
And she shall then, counting from the eighth day, CONTINUE IN THE BLOOD OF HER PURIFYING THREE AND THIRTY DAYS, this making a total of forty days, during which she was to stay at home, although the restrictions of the first seven days were now made much lighter; SHE SHALL TOUCH NO HALLOWED THING, NO... [ Continue Reading ]
But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation, the extra seven days probably being an equivalent for the rite of circumcision in the case of the boy; AND SHE SHALL CONTINUE IN THE BLOOD OF HER PURIFYING, for the average length of the entire flow, THREESCORE... [ Continue Reading ]
And when the days of her purification are fulfilled, for a son or for a daughter, that is, depending upon the fact whether it was a boy or a girl that had been born, SHE SHALL BRING A LAMB OF THE FIRST YEAR FOR A BURNT OFFERING, AND A YOUNG PIGEON OR A TURTLEDOVE FOR A SIN-OFFERING, UNTO THE DOOR OF... [ Continue Reading ]
who shall offer it before the Lord, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. "The order of the offerings is a remarkable deviation from the general principle that, when the two offerings came together, the sin-offering always preceded. The reason of this... [ Continue Reading ]
And if she be not able to bring a lamb, if her poverty is such as to make it impossible for her to afford a lamb, THEN SHE SHALL BRING TWO TURTLES (turtledoves) 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... [ Continue Reading ]