For a son, or for a daughter; for the birth of a son, or of a daughter; but the purification was for herself, as appears from the following verses. For a sin-offering; either because of her ceremonial uncleanness, which required a ceremonial expiation; or for those particular sins relating to the time and state of child-bearing, of which she is justly presumed to be guilty, which might be many ways.
Verse Leviticus 12:6. _WHEN THE DAYS OF HER PURIFYING_] It is not easy to account for the difference in the times of purification, after the birth of a male and female child. After the birth of a _bo...
This chapter would more naturally follow the 15th chapter of Leviticus. See the note to Leviticus 15:1....
The sacrificial act expressed an acknowledgment of sin and a dedication of herself to Yahweh. See Leviticus 8:14. Leviticus 12:6 OF THE FIRST YEAR - literally, as in the margin, “a son of his year.”...
2. CHILDBIRTH LAWS AND INHERITED SIN CHAPTER 12 _ 1. The man-child (Leviticus 12:1)_ 2. The maid-child (Leviticus 12:5) 3. The offerings (Leviticus 12:6) The childbirth laws as containe
LEVITICUS 12. UNCLEANNESS AFTER CHILDBIRTH AND CIRCUMCISION. The period of uncleanness lasts twice as long after the birth of a girl (see on Leviticus 11). After the first week, when the uncleanness m...
SHE SHALL BRING. As Mary did. Luke 2:22. DOOR. entrance. TABERNACLE. tent. Hebrew. _'ohel_. App-40....
At the end of her purification she was to bring an offering. The alternative of a pigeon for the lamb of the Burnt-Offering is allowed in Leviticus 1:14 and also in the Sin-Offering (Leviticus 5:7-10)...
FOR A BURNT-OFFERING—FOR A SIN-OFFERING— The _burnt-offering_ was by way of gratitude to God for her safe deliverance; the _sin-offering_ to complete her purification, and to gain her perfect re-admis...
b. THE OFFERINGS PRESCRIBED FOR CEREMONIAL CLEANSING 12:6-8 TEXT 12:6-8 6 And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb a year old for a burn...
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_ Mankind are not only liable to defilement from without, but have internal causes of pollution lying deep in their nature. And hence, the laws which were given...
12:6 lamb (a-22) Or 'a lamb of the first year,' as elsewhere....
UNCLEANNESS CONNECTED WITH CHILDBIRTH The functions of reproduction are in early stages of religion regarded with superstitious dread. The enactments in this chapter and the related regulations in Le...
LEVITICUS *WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS LEVITICUS _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. Words in boxes are from the Bible, except for the words i...
AND WHEN THE DAYS... — Having described in the previous verses the conditions of defilement arising from childbirth, the legislator now prescribes the offerings to be brought for the purification of t...
וּ בִ מְלֹ֣את ׀ יְמֵ֣י טָהֳרָ֗הּ לְ בֵן֮
THE UNCLEANNESS OF CHILD BEARING Leviticus 12:1 THE reference in Leviticus 12:2 to the regulations given in Leviticus 15:19, as remarked in the preceding chapter, shows us that the author of these la...
PURIFICATION AFTER CHILD BIRTH Leviticus 12:4 "And she shall continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the da...
PURIFICATION AFTER CHILD-BEARING Leviticus 12:1 The birth of a boy involved seven days' ceremonial defilement; of a girl, fourteen. Not the child, but the mother, was adjudged to be unclean, securing...
In this brief section, which deals with the beginning of life, the religious aspect of childbirth is most unquestionably the permanent value. The separation of the woman from the congregation for a pe...
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 a turtledove, for a sin offering,...
_Lamb, to thank God for her happy delivery. --- Sin, or uncleanness, which was esteemed a legal offence. Perhaps this sacrifice was also designed to expiate the sins she might have fallen into, (Menoc...
Observe, both a burnt offering and a sin offering were enjoined, the one to denote GOD'S mercy, the other man's demerit. Psalms 51:5....
The book of Leviticus has its own character quite as manifestly as Genesis or Exodus. Its peculiar feature is that from its very starting-point it is the revelation of what God saw in Jesus Christ our...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 11 AND 12. Priesthood being established, there comes the discernment between holy things and profane, and the judgment of defilements (chaps. 11-15), and wha...
AND WHEN THE DAYS OF HER PURIFYING ARE FULFILLED, FOR A SON, OR FOR A DAUGHTER,.... For a son forty days, and for a daughter eighty; but the ancient Jews formerly, that they might not break it, ordere...
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 a turtledove, for a sin offering,...
Lev. 12:6. "She shall bring a young pigeon or a turtle dove;" which typifies repentance as well as love. Ezekiel 7:16. "They shall be as doves in the valleys, each one mourning for his iniquity." This...
_For a son or a daughter_ For the birth of either; but the purification was for herself, as appears from the following verses. _A sin- offering_ Because of her ceremonial uncleanness, which required a...
1 The purification of women after childbirth. 6 Her offerings for her purifying. 1 AND the LORD spake vnto Moses, saying, 2 Speake vnto the children of Israel, saying, If a [NOTE: Leviticus 15:19.]...
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 FIRS...
The Purification after Childbirth....
LAWS CONNECTED WITH CHILDBIRTH Every child born into the world adds to the sin that was first introduced by the woman. Yet God had told Adam and Eve to “be fruitful and multiply” (Genesis 1:28), and t...
FIRST YEAR: _ Heb._ son of his year...
This brief section reads out to us, after its own peculiar fashion, the double lesson of "man's ruin and God's remedy." But though the fashion is peculiar, the lesson is most distinct and impressive....
Leviticus 12:6 days H3117 purification H2892 fulfilled H4390 (H8800) son H1121 daughter H1323 bring H935 ...
“And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb a year old for a whole burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a purification f...
CONTENTS: The law of motherhood. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: All are conceived and born in sin (Psalms 51:5) for, if the root be impure, so is the branch. It is only by Christ, the great sin...
Leviticus 12:2. _Speak unto the children of Israel:_ that every man may convey the law to his wife, and assist in the ceremony of purification. Leviticus 12:3. _Circumcised._ To this law our Saviour...
_She shall Be unclean._ BIRTH-SIN AND ITS DEVELOPMENTS The theme of the chapter is the same as that of the one preceding and the one following. The subject is sin, portrayed by symbols. In the divisi...
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 12:1__ A WOMAN who has just given birth is considered UNCLEAN because of loss of blood. Three steps are required to become clean again. The time of purification for the mot...
Maternity SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 12:2.—If a woman hath conceived … she shall be unclean. Thus at the very entrance into life uncleanness clings to us. Not a child is born without defilement su...
EXPOSITION UNCLEANNESS DERIVED FROM CHILDBIRTH. As there is a natural disgust felt for some kinds of food, which serves as a foundation for the precepts of the last chapter, so there is an instinct w...
In chapter twelve, the Lord now deals with a woman who has born a child. And if it's a male child: she shall be unclean for seven days; after the birth of the child the separation from her infirmity....
1 Peter 1:18; 1 Peter 1:19; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Hebrews 7:26; John 1:2
For a son or a daughter — For the birth of a son, or of a daughter: but the purification was for herself, as appears from the following verses. A sin — offering — Because of her ceremonial uncleanness...
If motherhood was so blessed by God, why did mothers have to bring a sacrifice to God to expiate for having children? PROBLEM: The Bible exalts the position of motherhood saying, “Your wife shall be l...