Leviticus 12:1

And the Lord said to Moses,

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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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2Say to the children of Israel, If a woman is with child and gives birth to a male child, she will be unclean for seven days, as when she is unwell.

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Cross References

Leviticus 7:21And anyone who, after touching any unclean thing of man or an unclean beast or any unclean and disgusting thing, takes as food the flesh of the peace-offerings, which are the Lord's, will be cut off from his people.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 12:1

After the laws concerning clean and unclean food come the laws concerning clean and unclean persons; and the first is in this chapter concerning the ceremonial uncleanness of women in child-birth, ver. 1-5 . And concerning their purification from that uncleanness, ver. 6 , &c. Read the whole commentary →

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