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Leviticus 12:2
“Say to the Israelites, ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be unclean for seven days, as she is during the days of her menstruation.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD speaks to Moses, instructing him to deliver a purity regulation to the Israelites regarding postpartum status.
The words — תַזְרִיעַ (taz.Ri.a') literally means "she will bear a child," and אִשָּׁה ('i.Shah) denotes "a woman," identifying the subject of the law.
The thread — This seven-day uncleanness mirrors the menstrual impurity period in Leviticus 15:19 and the sexual prohibition in Leviticus 18:19, while its observance is recorded in Luke 2:22.
Why it lands — The text mandates that a woman who bears a son remains ritually unclean for seven days, equating her postpartum status with her menstrual days.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.
Cross-references
- Luke 2:22 And when the time of purification according to the Law of Moses was complete, His parents brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord
- Leviticus 15:19 When a woman has a discharge consisting of blood from her body, she will be unclean due to her menstruation for seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening.
- Leviticus 18:19 You must not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during her menstrual period.
- Job 14:4 Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
- Job 15:14 What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
- Job 25:4 How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
- Romans 5:12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.
- Genesis 1:28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
- Genesis 3:16 To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
- Psalms 51:5 Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.