Leviticus 12:1

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

In Context

2Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: A woman, if she has received the seed to bear a male, shall be unclean for seven days, just as in the days of separation due to menstruation.

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Cross References

Leviticus 7:21And whoever will have touched the uncleanness of man, or of beast, or of anything which is able to defile, and who will have eaten from this kind of flesh, shall 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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