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 laws regarded the circumstances attending child birth as falling under the same general category, in... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ORDINANCE OF CIRCUMCISION Leviticus 12:3 "And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised." Although the rite of circumcision here receives a new and special sanction, it had been appointed long before by God as the sign of His covenant with Abraham. Genesis 17:10 Nor was... [ Continue Reading ]
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 days of her purifying be fulfilled. But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks,... [ Continue Reading ]