Leviticus 12:2 - Forerunner Commentary

Leviticus 12:2

The Ritual After Childbirth

1 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

2 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘If a ^awoman has conceived, and borne a male child, then ^bshe shall be unclean seven days; ^cas in the days of her customary impurity she shall be unclean.

3 And on the ^aeighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

4 She shall then continue in the blood of her purification thirty-three days. She shall not touch any¹ hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary until the days of her purification are fulfilled.

5 ‘But if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her customary impurity, and she shall continue in the blood of her purification sixty-six days.

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Definitions of words in Leviticus 12:2:

Borne {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Impurity {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

In {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Israel {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Israel {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Israel {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Male {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Seven {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Seven {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Child {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Other definition entries containing Leviticus 12:2:

Birth {Easton's}
Defile; Defilement {I.S.B.E.}
Genesis, 1-2 {I.S.B.E.}
Leviticus, 1 {I.S.B.E.}

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