Purification After Childbirth
1Yahweh spoke to Moses. He said, 2“Speak to the Israelites: When a woman becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son, she will be unclean for seven days, just as she is unclean during her monthly period. 3On the eighth day the boy is to be circumcised. 4Then the woman must wait thirty-three days for her blood to be purified. She must not touch anything holy or enter the sanctuary until the days of her purification are complete. 5If she gives birth to a daughter, she will be unclean for two weeks, as during her period, and she must wait sixty-six days for her blood to be purified. 6When the days of her purification for a son or a daughter are complete, she is to bring to the priest, at the entrance to the tent of meeting, a year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering. 7He is to present it before Yahweh and make atonement for her, and she will be purified from her flow of blood. This is the law for a woman who gives birth, whether to a son or a daughter. 8If she cannot afford a lamb, she may bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and one for a sin offering. The priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean.”
