But if she bear a maid-child, then she shall be unclean two [a]weeks, as when she hath her disease: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days.

Now when the days of her purifying are out (whether it be for a son or for a daughter) she shall bring to the Priest a lamb of one year old for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering, unto the door of the [b]Tabernacle of the Congregation,

Who shall offer it before the Lord, and make an atonement for her: so she shall be purged of the issue of her blood: this is the law for her that hath borne a male or female.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 12:5 Twice so long as if she bare a man-child.
  2. Leviticus 12:6 Where the burnt offerings were wont to be offered.

If she gives birth to a daughter, for two weeks the woman will be unclean, as during her period. Then she must wait sixty-six days to be purified from her bleeding.

“‘When the days of her purification for a son or daughter are over,(A) she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting a year-old lamb(B) for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a dove for a sin offering.[a](C) He shall offer them before the Lord to make atonement for her, and then she will be ceremonially clean from her flow of blood.

“‘These are the regulations for the woman who gives birth to a boy or a girl.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 12:6 Or purification offering; also in verse 8