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Leviticus 12 outlines the post‑birth purification rites for women, specifying periods of uncleanness, circumcision, and the required offerings for atonement.
The chapter begins with God speaking to Moses, who is instructed to tell Israel that a woman who has given birth to a son is unclean for seven days, while a girl’s uncleanness lasts for two weeks. On the eighth day the newborn boy’s foreskin must be circumcised. The mother remains in the blood of her purification for thirty days for a son and sixty‑six days for a daughter, during which she may not touch holy objects or enter the sanctuary. After the purification period, she must bring a lamb of the first year as a burnt offering and a young pigeon or turtledove as a sin offering to the tabernacle, where the priest will make atonement for her. If she cannot bring a lamb, she must instead offer two pigeons or turtledoves—one for each type of offering—to achieve purification.
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The passage presents legal instructions without emotional language.