Leviticus 12

New King James Version

The Ritual After Childbirth^(A)

12 Then theLordspoke to Moses, saying,² “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘If a^(B)woman has conceived, and borne a male child, then^(C)she shall be^[a]unclean seven days;^(D)as in the days of her customary impurity she shall be unclean.³ And on the^(E)eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.⁴ She shall then continue in the blood ofherpurification thirty-three days. She shall not touch any^[b]hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary until the days of her purification are fulfilled.

⁵ ‘But if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her customary impurity, and she shall continue in the blood ofherpurification sixty-six days.

^6 (F)‘When the days of her purification are fulfilled, whether for a son or a daughter, she shall bring to the priest a^(G)lamb^[c]of the first year as a burnt offering, and a young pigeon or a turtledove as a^(H)sin offering, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting.⁷ Then he shall offer it before theLord, and make^[d]atonement for her. And she shall be clean from the flow of her blood. Thisisthe law for her who has borne a male or a female.

^8 (I)‘And if she is not able to bring a lamb, then she may bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons—one as a burnt offering and the other as a sin offering.^(J)So the priest shall make atonement for her, and she will be^[e]clean.’ ”