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Leviticus 12

1 The LORD told Moses,

2 “Tell the Israelis that a woman who conceives and bears a son is unclean for seven days. Just like the days of her menstruation, ^a she is unclean.

3 On the eighth day, the flesh of the baby’s foreskin is to be circumcised.

4 For 33 days after this, she is to remain in purification due to her blood loss. ^b She is not to touch any sacred thing or enter the sanctuary until the days of her purification have been completed.

5 “If she gives birth to a female, then she is to remain unclean for two weeks, just like her menstruation. She is to remain in purification for 66 days due to her blood loss. ^c

6 When the days of her purification have been completed, whether for her son or daughter, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting a one year old lamb for a whole burnt offering or a young dove for a sin offering.

7 He is to offer it in the LORD’s presence and make atonement for her so that she becomes clean from her blood loss. This is the law concerning the bearing of a male or female child.

8 If she cannot afford a goat, then two turtledoves or two young doves—one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering—will serve for him to make atonement for her, so that she becomes clean.”